Baby Shower etiquette

[Rae2017]

So...I'm having a baby shower in a couple of weeks. Really looking forward to it to get everyone together at my house. One thing that I'm overthinking is when to open presents. I went to two last year where we placed the presents in a room when we got there so that the parents to be could open them at their own leisure together the day after. I was fine with that and think I would prefer that for mine. But then went to another recently and people were saying open them now so we can see your face so mum to be opened them there and then. So now not sure what to do as don't want people to think I'm rude/ungrateful if I take the present and open it at later day. Anyone got any experiences they could share of their own baby shower or when they went to one?

We had a babyshower last weekend, my husband wasn’t at the main bit but came back for the last hour to say hi to everyone and open prezzies. I personally found it a bit awkward sat on a chair with everyone watching us but like you said everyone wanted us to open them whilst they were there. I’ve been to a few other babyshowers and they have always opened prezzies whilst everyone was still there which is why I didn’t question it, but in hindsight opening them afterwards sounds nicer!
I think you should do whatever makes you feel comfortable (and don’t forget to get write a list so you know who got you what for thank you cards!)

That's kind of the point of baby showers isn't it? So everyone can coo over all the cute baby gifts? X

Thanks @Aspenn. Yeah think I'm going to go with the flow. The 2 I went to last year, by the time we caught up with everyone, had food, played various games it was 4 hours and people started leaving so there wasnt even time for presents. And yeah...good idea with making the list for thank you cards after

I always thought that the baby shower etiquette (not that there really is one in the U.K. given it's a relatively modern tradition) was that someone else organised it for you do that it wasn't your responsibility to worry about that sort of thing?

To be fair my mum and best friends are arranging it so they've prob made all the decisions anyway 😂I'll just go with the flow