A Modern Day Ritual
I've heard people say that Baby Showers are just another 'Americanism' and can be expensive affairs.
Perhaps the term 'Baby Shower' is relatively new, but the celebration of pregnancy and new life is an age old concept. The event doesn't need to be an expensive either - more emphasis can be placed on the spiritual side making it a really special women-centred occasion.
This type of Baby Shower is sometimes known as a Blessing Way. At a Blessing Way, there maybe Washing of the Mother-to-Be's Feet, Scrap Books, Belly Painting, Wishes & Prayer for the Baby, Symbolic Candle Lighting and so on... It is also a fantastic opportunity to share positive experience. No scare mongering!
"'Baby shower' as a term is relatively new, but the celebrations and rituals associated with pregnancy and childbirth are both ancient and enduring. Like other rites of passage associated with significant transitional events such as coming of age, marriage, and death, baby showers function as a type of initiation into, and a construction of, a new state of being--in this case, 'motherhood.'" For more on the history of Birth Celebration throughout the ages see Birth History.
One thing that most ladies love at these celebrations is CAKE, SWEETS and FLOWERS.
Emma Hogarth at Simply Gorgeous Cupcakes, Thornton Cleveleys makes wonderful cupcakes (See picture) for all occasions: Simply Gorgeous Cupcakes.
Caroline Crook at Sweet Sentation Lytham makes Sweet & Chocolate Baby Shower Bouquets: Sweet Sensation Lytham
For true memories that you can treasure forever, why not contact Lisa Holman Photography? She specialises in family photographs & can record the lead up to your birth. A session with Lisa would be a fantastic baby shower gift: How amazing to look back at your growing belly and congratulate yourself on nurturing a little life. Lisa Holman Photography
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