Male version of baby shower: 29 Male baby shower ideas

From the archives: Men and their baby showers – why these friends are now doing ‘diaper parties’

27 Nov 2020

Nonkululeko Mazibuko

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A group of friends from Cape Town having fun at a diaper party.

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Pink and blue balloons, baby wipes, lots of nappies and hilarious games. Some call it the ‘manshower’ while others say it’s a ‘dad-chelor’. Whatever you may want to call it, it is the male version of a baby shower.

It’s now becoming a thing, and South Africans are loving it. 

These baby showers usually involve a group of friends, food, drinks, gifts, and men with fake bellies teaching each other how to bath or change babies.

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How To Throw A Great Diaper Party (Baby Shower For Men)?

Celebrate the arrival of your bundle of joy with a diaper party. Dads, it’s your turn.

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A diaper party is like a baby shower, but for the daddy. While moms-to-be receive all the attention and care, the efforts of a father are often overlooked. If you are looking for diaper party ideas, we have got you covered. This is a great way to celebrate fatherhood. After all, fathers deserve to celebrate the arrival of their bay with their friends and have loads of fun. Diapers are essential for every baby, and new parents spend a lot of time and energy changing their baby’s diapers. In this post, we bring you some amazing ideas that will help you have a fun time with your dear ones at the special party.

What is a Diaper Party?

Diaper parties involve booze, banter, diapers, and lots of fun for all. A diaper party is a great day for the dad-to-be to get together with his friends.

There are some differences between a baby shower and a diaper party. Here is a list of things that are different between these parties:

• Beer: If you are planning a diaper party for the dad-to-be, beer is a must. This is one thing you may not usually include in the ladies’ party or the traditional baby shower.
• BBQ: Arrange a BBQ stand but don’t worry about the finger sandwiches you find so often at baby showers.
• Diapers: While baby showers involve gifting the mom-to-be the items she will find useful in the initial days after delivery, diaper parties involve gifting only diapers to the soon-to-be mom or dad.
• Dressing up: A diaper party is a simple affair. The guests do not need to dress up as they might while attending a baby shower.

These rules are simple, aren’t they?

Quick tip

The mom-to-be can arrange a diaper party for her partner. This can serve as a great bonding time and gets the father more excited about the arrival of the new member of the family.

Related: 15 Fun Baby Shower Diaper Games To Play

Who Should You Invite For the Diaper Party?

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Invitations are a must for any get-together. Just as for a baby shower, you should invite close family, friends, or even co-workers to a diaper party. The guest list should include only close-knit people with whom you can enjoy the party. However, the final call is yours.

Who Hosts A Diaper Party?

Typically, close family or friends host diaper parties for the dad-to-be. A diaper party is a new concept. You can be a trendsetter by organizing the party yourself.

Often, a diaper party is held on the same day as the baby shower. Sometimes, the couple may combine both and host a co-ed party too.

Point to consider

If you are hosting a co-ed party, you might want to cut down on the drinks, as consuming alcohol may not augur well for the mom-to-be. Instead, you can make fun cocktails with quirky names to catch the interest of your guests.

Diaper Party Decorations

A diaper party is all about men, so you need not worry much about the decorations. The attention of men attending the diaper party will likely be more on food and drinks. You can keep it as simple as you wish, or you can go as crazy as you want.

1. Color themes: You can select a specific color scheme based on the gender of the child or any other color you wish. According to the chosen theme, you can choose to paint or decorate your home.
2. Movie themes or dress-up: Movies make great theme ideas too. You can ask your friends to dress up as characters from movies. Ask them to enact a scene from a movie or quote popular dialogues. If you want a more conservative party, you can ask your guests to dress up in suits or T-shirts.
3. Diaper decorations: A great way to make the day memorable is to decorate the place with diapers! Diaper decorations are fun and go well with the theme. You can make diaper castles or diaper cakes.

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Diaper Party Invitations

Sending out invitations is a crucial part of organizing a diaper party. By sending an invitation, you get an idea about how many people will attend the party and plan accordingly. Here are some common ways of sending out invitations for a diaper party.

1. Evites: You usually send email invitations to a diaper party. Email invitations or e-vites save a lot of time and money. You have to decide a theme, design a card, and email it to your guests. Evites are appealing to the eye and are eco-friendly.
2. Paper invites: Paper invites can never go out of fashion. For your close ones, you can make paper invites. Cute paper invites are a great keepsake for your friends and family. You will find printable men diaper party invitations on the Internet that you can print on card paper.
3. Facebook events: Creating a Facebook event and following it up with a phone call will be good enough if the number of people is fewer and you do not have the time to create a new invitation.

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While sending out invites, remember to mention the rules of the party and the theme. Ask your guests to RSVP so that you can plan accordingly. You also need to mention the location and time of the event. Some great invitation wording ideas are:

• You are invited to a good time with friends, food, and diapers with XYZ as he’s becoming a dad! Please bring a pack of diapers.
• No gifts, only diapers!
• ABC is getting ready for diaper duty. Get some diapers to train him!
• Diaper shower for MNO and his baby boy! Bring diapers of any size and win prizes!

Quick tip

If you have not hosted a gender reveal party yet, a diaper party is a great way to reveal your child’s gender to close friends and family.

Related: How To Host A Perfect Sip-And-See Party For Your Newborn

Diaper Party Food

BBQ usually works great, though you can dole out the finger foods you usually find at baby showers. However, keep in mind that the food must be tasty and abundant. That is all it needs to become an instant hit.

As in baby showers, you don’t need to spend hours in the kitchen making fancy foods to make your guests happy. You can buy packaged food or drinks from supermarkets to serve the starters.

If there’s anything to worry about, it is the liquor. Having a dedicated bar can be a great deal of help. You can also personally serve pints of beer to each guest. This is one way you can keep a check on liquor consumption and ensure that no guest gets blind drunk.

As you can see, planning the menu won’t be too challenging, and you are not left with a lot of leftovers. It is a win-win situation for everyone.

Diaper Party Games

Diaper party games are a fun way to get everyone laughing and loosening up. Here are some diaper party games you can play to keep your guests engaged and entertained.

1. Diaper Raffle: You can organize a raffle contest. The guest who brings more diapers gets more raffle tickets. You can draw names and announce a winner.
2. Beer Bottle: Another popular game to play at diaper parties is asking the guests to drink beer from a baby bottle. See who chugs the fastest and give them a prize!
3. Positive Notes: You can hand over diapers to each of the guests and ask them to write something for the new parents. You can choose to open and read them before the guests or after they have left.
4. Story Time: This is another fun diaper party game. You can ask your guests to sit in a semi-circle, and each one takes turns to relate some incident in their journey of parenthood. The stories could be hilarious or at once emotional, but you will learn a good thing or two out of these stories.

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In some cases, you might want to keep the diaper party quiet and just want a get-together of close ones where you have a heart-to-heart over a mug of beer.

Do remember

After the baby is born, both parents become busy caring for the baby. So a diaper party before delivery is the perfect time for the parents-to-be to loosen up a bit before the big day.

Do You Wrap Diapers For A Diaper Party?

As everyone is expected to bring only diapers to a diaper party, there is no need for you to waste paper and time. However, if you are a craft lover and love to show your skills to your friends, you can customize a gift wrapper for the diapers.

What Diaper Size To Get For A Diaper Party?

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The best part of a diaper party is that parents or the host can request any size of diapers they might need. You may specify the size of diapers when you invite your guests.

Though your baby will need more diapers in the first few months, remember that they will be using diapers for some months in the future. Plan your diaper needs accordingly and ask your guests to get 2, 3, 4, and 5 sizes. This way, you will be stocked up for the future.

1. Does mom go to the diaper party?

Diaper parties are generally baby showers for the dad-to-be. But if the couple wants, the moms can also be involved in the party. Hence there isn’t any hard-and-fast rule, and the mom’s involvement depends on the couple’s preference and interest.

2. What is a diaper sprinkle party?

A diaper sprinkle party is a diaper party for a couple who’s welcoming their second child.

Becoming a father is a special event. Hence, celebrate the beginning of this new journey in style by throwing a fun and exciting diaper party. Choose a party theme that is apt for the age group of the guests. Arrange the decorations, invitations, cake, and delicious food according to the theme for a seamless party experience. Have a get-together with friends and family and make the event enjoyable with interesting games and activities. Click pictures, make videos, and live every bit of the event with your loved ones to make the event memorable and joyous for everyone.

Key Pointers

• Diaper party is the male version of baby shower, to usher in the fatherhood.
• Hosting for the party involves planning for decorations, invitations, food, and games for the guests.
• Interestingly, the guests are only allowed to gift diapers to the parents-to-be!

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Here are a few simple rules that every man should know:

1. First you need to remember that the glans penis must be thoroughly washed under running water after each urination. If this is not possible, remove residual urine with sanitary napkins. Thanks to this, you will avoid the formation of inflammatory processes and an unpleasant odor.

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3. It is very important to know how to properly wash your penis. Wash your hands thoroughly before starting this procedure. You should not dry your hands with a towel, as a lot of bacteria “live” on it. The penis should be washed with warm running water using soap with a neutral PH that does not contain fragrances. First, you need to wash the groin area and penis, then wash the head, pushing the foreskin.

4. It is strictly not recommended for men to take a hot bath. This is due to the fact that for the normal formation of spermatozoa, the temperature of the testicles must be lower than the body temperature by an average of 3-4 degrees. If you do not follow this rule, there may be problems regarding the ability of a man to fertilize. nine0005

5. With a sedentary lifestyle, it is necessary to periodically do gymnastics or just walk more. This will help improve blood circulation in the pelvic area and avoid congestion.

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8. Before and after sexual intercourse, you should take a shower, wash your penis and perineum. This procedure should not be ignored, otherwise, after a while, inflammation may form around the urethra.

9. After the age of 25, it is necessary to undergo a preventive examination by a urologist once a year. As a rule, the representatives of the stronger sex try to consult doctors as rarely as possible, and even more so on sexual issues. However, you need to know that a preventive visit to the doctor only once a year will help to identify in the early stages and avoid the development of such serious diseases as sexual infections, prostatitis or prostate adenoma. nine0005

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While a male teacher can be found quite often in schools, it is rare in kindergartens. These are young people who are not yet 30 years old. The Department of Education of Tyumen notes that all three are professionals.

“There are currently three male teachers working in municipal kindergartens in Tyumen. They have a pedagogical education that meets professional standards. Age of men – from 25 to 29years old. Experience – from 2 to 8 years, ”the department specified.

There are more than 2. 5 thousand female teachers in Tyumen kindergartens. Why are there so few men? Psychologist Natalya Sharapova names two reasons – social stereotypes and a salary that can be considered not good enough for men.

“I believe that men can raise children. They are less anxious and more prone to bold decisions, experiments, and children like it. A male teacher is a big plus. If a man responds to this profession, then this is his calling. Therefore, there should be queues in a group for those three educators in Tyumen, ”Sharapova says and continues. – We need to pay more attention to preschool education, improve material support, so that men go into this profession. And work with stereotypes that this is a non-male profession. I am proud that there are men in Tyumen who, despite patterns and stereotypes, have chosen this profession.” nine0005

Sharapova added that not every man will become an educator, even if there is a good salary and there is no public condemnation, because this work requires great emotional strength. But those who like it, who are interested, could come to preschool education.

A couple of years ago we wrote about Vladimir Vladimirovich, a teacher from the 85th kindergarten. He is great with kids and they love him. In an interview with 72.RU, Vladimir Nesterov said that at first it was difficult for him, but he quickly learned to organize his pupils. nine0005

“I don’t talk with children, it’s not my choice. Of course, with small children it is impossible without diminutives, but with older ones I use approval and praise more, ”the male educator shared his professional secret.

Parents sometimes express concerns about male teachers, but kindergarten leaders work with them. There has not yet been a single case of a man being fired because of the requests of his parents in Tyumen kindergartens. At least that’s what the department of education said. By the way, the assistant educator takes the children to the toilet, and this in Tyumen is exclusively women.