Should You Have a Baby Shower for an Adoption?

Are you welcoming a child into your family just like all of your other friends who had a baby shower?

Yes?

Then have that baby shower!

A traditional baby shower has a baby centered theme and if you are adopting a child who is older then simply ask the host to plan an adoption shower.

My personal opinion is that a baby shower/adoption shower should be held before the child joins the family because 1) you NEVER know how the child will adapt to the family once home and 2) don’t you need those supplies when baby comes home?

Many families opt to have the shower after the child comes home and treat the shower like a birthday party. This also gives guests a chance to meet the new addition.

We were never able to have a welcome home party for AJ because he did not adapt well and because he was sick so often. I assume that we could have tried it but he got overstimulated so easily that a big party would have been chaos for him. An adoption shower before he came home was perfect for us. This way we had everything we needed the moment he came home and then we were able to introduce him to individuals as we felt he could handle it.