I grew up in Sweden where the tradition isn't baby showers, but rather, once the baby is born, people would go visit and bring a gift for the baby. (I think within the first year of it's life or something)

I've technically been to 3 baby showers in America. 🤰🥳

The first one was at the ministry school I attended and my groups leaders put one together with silly games like changing a diaper on a doll, and naming the baby food.

The second one was during the lockdowns, so I was able to join from Sweden and be on the same level as everyone else. They had some games like guess how much the mom's belly had grown or her weight or something (all in imperial, so I skipped those 😅) and then they opened gifts.

The third one was for one of my sister-in-law's, and in person! The only game they had was a fun questioner about babies, including, "what bones are babies born without," leaving 3 options, where knees were the correct answer.

As we're coming up on our first baby's birth, I'm not quite sure what to do. I'd love to have a baby shower, but our closest local friends are the baristas at Starbucks, and some frequent guests there. Not exactly close connections.

We live far away from everyone else, so I'm thinking of doing something online.

One idea I had was to actually have 3 separate baby showers. One for my Swedish relatives and friends, one for my American relatives and friends, and one for your guys, my friends here on Nostr!

Would any of you be interested in joining a Nostr baby shower?

There's a Nostr live streaming service called Hive Talk that's similar to Zoom, but I don't think it has the same limitations of time and guests, and doesn't actually require anyone to login, so if you'd like to keep your face separate from your normal npub, that wouldn't be a problem. Also, wives can join!

I know there aren't a ton of wives on here, but they might be interested in joining a Nostr baby shower 🤗

If you have any ideas or suggestions, or this is something you'd be interested in joining, please let me know! 😃