Our receptionist is going to have a baby in March, so the women in the office approached me yesterday about hosting a baby shower for her. They want to take over the big conference room and decorate it with balloons and streamers, have cake and ice cream, and ask each employee to bring a small baby gift. This is obviously a female thing, as the thought of doing something like that at work had never occurred to me. My secretary explained that the women are so fond of our receptionist that they really want to do something nice for her, and they hope that after the maternity leave runs out that the receptionist will want to come back to work here.
I agreed to book the conference room for the afternoon in February and for them to put the word out that it is a surprise and that gifts should be bought. My secretary offered to buy the baby gift for me, which is a big help because I know nothing about baby shower gifts. She suggested a moby wrap baby sling, which is a popular accessory for today’s new mothers.
Baby slings evidently wrap the baby and keep it close to the mother’s body without the mother straining to hold the weight of the baby in her arms. The baby slings redistribute the weight and pressure, which is a really good idea for women with a tendency for shoulder or back pain, especially when the child gets older and puts on some weight.