The baby shower is a prenatal ritual. It’s also an opportunity for awkward, strange and amusing situations.
Many mums, dads and non-parents have shared hilarious anecdotes and musings about baby showers on Twitter.
Keep scrolling for 55 funny and relatable tweets about baby showers. The only way I can get excited at a baby shower is if I pretend that instead of babies, everyone is talking about burritos— Eliza Bayne (@ElizaBayne) October 25, 2019[baby shower]"Cherish every moment!""Greatest joy on earth!"Me: Ever have someone kneel on ur abdomen while ur dying of a stomach flu?— Lurkin' Mom (@LurkAtHomeMom) March 2, 2017A pack of coyotes shrieking at 4 AM is less unsettling if you imagine they're all watching someone open presents at a baby shower.— Elizabeth Hackett (@LizHackett) October 16, 2019[Baby shower]Mom-to-be, opening my gift: What's this?Me: A lock box.MTB: For what?Me: Your office supplies: tape, scissors, pens...MTB: Me: You'll thank me in 5 years.— SpacedMom (@copymama) October 13, 2019"YOU GOT HER PREGNANT, BIG DEAL!" I joke-yelled to my best friend's partner at their baby shower in front of a few older guests who did not know I was joking at all.— Anne T. Donahue (@annetdonahue) October 14, 2018A baby shower game requested everyone write parenting advice on a notecard, so I wrote down my favorite margarita recipe.— Sara Says Stop (@PetrickSara) May 9, 2016{baby shower for first time mom}Me: Sometimes they’re allergic to the word no for months at a time. They break out in tantrums.Sometimes they hate you just looking at you.And sometimes they...Friend: *takes my sparkly blue drink* Ok, that’s quite enough for you.— Mom On The Rocks (@mom_ontherocks) December 26, 2019Parents-to-be should enjoy that baby shower, because it's the last time parenting will ever again be a party or a piece of cake.— Walking Outside in Slippers (@WalkingOutside) November 30, 2019Ladies, choose your friends wisely. Because your bridal/baby shower will be as nice or as raggedy as they are.— Akilah Green (@akilahgreen) April 18, 2018"Will there be alcohol there?"-~ the only thing I need to know about your baby shower— Swishergirl (@Swishergirl24) July 31, 2013What not to say at a baby shower:You look MUCH bigger than I expected!— TheBabyLady (@thebabylady7) July 26, 2017I'm day drinking and the only person who really gets me at this baby shower is this crying baby.— Jennifer McAuliffe (@JenniferJokes) March 19, 2017*Friend opening iPad I gave her for her baby shower*Her: But screentime is-Me: -ShhHer: Not until they're 2-Me: *smothering her* Shhhhhh— Mommy Cusses (@mommy_cusses) December 29, 2016Welcome to motherhood, everything will be sticky for the foreseeable future. *honest baby shower card— here comes the son (@idtweetforever) November 5, 2016The next goddamn baby shower I get invited to is getting a set of over-crib, pastel nursery letters that spell out S H I T M A C H I N E.— Be Best Mancino-Williams (@Manda_like_wine) February 4, 2016I think I'm going to start giving poster boards as baby shower gifts. They may not need them now, but they will LOVE me in 6-10 years.— Divergent Mama (@Divergentmama) December 19, 2019Sorry I got shitfaced at your baby shower and told you about how sexual I found George of the Jungle as a kid— Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) April 2, 2016“Prepare for kids by getting as little sleep as possible and then release multiple feral animals into your home. Congrats!” -Me. And my congrats speech at a baby shower.— Maryfairyboberry (@MaryJustice86) April 13, 2019hello i’m at my best friend’s baby shower eating shrimp and talking true crime and murder so YES ABSOLUTELY involve me in your children’s lives— Anne T. Donahue (@annetdonahue) November 19, 2017Shopping for a Baby Shower:*ugh, really?*you have genuinely terrible taste *that's dumb, you're dumb, you'll never use that*fine 'add to cart'And do you know why? Because👏🏻you👏🏻always👏🏻purchase👏🏻from👏🏻the👏🏻registry👏🏻only👏🏻— Some Boys' Mother (@someboysmother) June 3, 2019*Uses finger to write TIME HEALS ALL WOMBS in the frosting of the cake at your baby shower— Babies Daddy (@dshack8) December 16, 2014*At baby shower*Her- *opens mine* Umm, the gifts were supposed to be for the baby’s bathtime, not mine.Me- When the baby bathes, so will you.— Maryfairyboberry (@MaryJustice86) October 12, 2019A baby shower really should just be a toddler sneezing on the new mother's face from 3 cm away. Because there's no gift like the truth.— The 21st Century SAHM (@21stcenturysahm) August 29, 2016Saturday, I went to a baby shower, so the word “baby” came up once or twice. Now,
Instagram serves me *nothing* but mom-related ads. [throws phone into the Hudson lives device-free in isolation as a mute for eternity]— Sarah Sweeney (@heysarahsweeney) February 26, 2019Me trying to plan a baby shower when I know nothing about babies and am also part baby myself 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃 pic.twitter.com/JzMfQpjky6— Gena-mour Barrett (@SmileGena) December 12, 2016I've never not frantically wrapped the gift in the car outside the baby shower.— Elizabeth Hackett (@LizHackett) May 20, 2017Well, I happen to think "Will there be weed?" was a perfectly appropriate way to RSVP to your baby shower.— Randi Lawson (@RandiLawson) December 31, 2013Your water just broke so your canceling the baby shower? This is why I hate u. Always doing stuff like this.— Luwanda (@LuwandaJenkins) June 6, 2016My kids are perpetually and understandably confused about what takes place at a baby shower— Andrew Knott (@aknott21) March 27, 2017What sounds better, ‘you’re fucked’ or ‘just you wait, you’re so fucked’ I want this baby shower card to be perfect— Vision Bored (@VisionBored1) November 13, 2019My son is almost 11 and I still haven't sent one thank you note for the baby shower gifts pic.twitter.com/OhzcsGkrmj— Laurie Kilmartin Sacramento Punch Feb 13-16 (@anylaurie16) September 20, 2017[enters friend's baby shower] here is a baby scarf I knit myself except I don't knit so here is a ball of yarn & my condolences— keely flaherty (@keelyflaherty) April 3, 2015Me: Will there be beer at that thing today?Wife: It's your sister's baby showerMe:Wife: It's your family. Of course there will be beer— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) March 18, 2017honestly what’s a baby shower if you don’t faintly hear a passionate discussion about
North Korea while opening gifts— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) April 28, 2018Spent $26 on a stuffed llama from Anthropologie for my friend's baby shower because, if I've learned anything from being a mother, she'll probably definitely not need it but omg it's so cute.— ωнαтѕαяαнѕαι∂ (@tinyandtired) March 27, 2019Inviting all my high school bullies to our baby shower, proving to them once and for all that I've totally had sex— The Dad (@thedad) April 2, 2019Look if I give you a baby shower present I'm naming your baby— Jennifer McAuliffe (@JenniferJokes) April 6, 2017My wife asked me to order petit fours for a baby shower and when they asked what kind I said chicken salad because I thought that was a fancy name for tiny sandwiches.— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) August 30, 2019At baby shower-Karen: motherhood is such a magical experience, my kids inspire me every day-Boy twin: *flings humus onto Karen’s shirt*Me: I hear you Karen, sometimes I could just burst with pride— MumInBits (@MumInBits) June 23, 2019Every baby shower I go to I get the happy couple a DustBuster. It's never on their registry but it's more useful than a wipe warmer.— my busted ass (@MommaUnfiltered) October 11, 2014Next baby shower I go to, I'm gifting the mom to be with a few bottles of wine and a few Lush bath bombs.— Professor Charles Nigxavier (@Steph_I_Will) June 4, 201722 baby shower dresses that'll inspire you to get an IUD https://t.co/QgLdmaklgw— Erin 🔮 Ryan (@morninggloria) August 13, 2017Sorry I brought a baby shaped piñata to your baby shower— moody monday (@mdob11) July 17, 2014Baby Shower Registry: We’re asking for only cruelty free products...Me: Oh, you sweet innocent thing, nothing about parenthood is cruelty free.— Sara Says Stop (@PetrickSara) March 4, 2018A girl who hated me as a teen is at the same baby shower I'm at do I tell her I invented Post-Its or skip right to dancing to Cyndi Lauper?— Anne T. Donahue (@annetdonahue) November 1, 2015Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.For instance, I attended a 3 hour baby shower over the weekend. So, yeah, I’ve seen some shit.— MyMomologue (@MyMomologue) February 11, 2019Sorry I referred to your baby shower as a gift extortion party.— Swishergirl (@Swishergirl24) February 4, 2014I'm at a baby shower, in a room full of married and engaged women. Just in case you were wondering how many beers I've had.— Slightly funny Jew (@Dani_Feld) May 10, 2014Cleaning out the closet and wondering if baby's 2nd birthday is too late to send out all these thank you notes from the baby shower— Not Another Pinterest Mom (@snarkymomtobe) November 25, 2019Sorry I spilled fruit punch all over the white carpet at your baby shower, I was helping you practice.*Poops in my pants*Get used to it.— Marl (@Marlebean) July 10, 2018If you are expecting but already have 2 or more kids, I’m giving you a megaphone and a case of Red Bull for your baby shower. You can thank me later.— TheBabyLady (@thebabylady7) July 23, 2018Me: I'd really like to come to your baby shower, but under the circumstances...I don't think I should. Her: What circumstances?Me:...I have kids.— Salty Mermaid Entertainment (@saltymermaident) August 13, 2018Friend's baby shower: Aw nice, a nursing pillow. Best Friend's baby shower: You know that thing can double as a hemorrhoid pillow.— Scary Mommy (@ScaryMommy) July 26, 2019I'm throwing my younger sister a babyshower tomorrow, if anyone wondering why theres a toaster by the bathtub.— Jennifer McAuliffe (@JenniferJokes) March 19, 2017adorable if literal: baby shower— snowjob ☃️ (@canadasandra) June 7, 2016