100 Baby Shower Wishes to Write in a Card

You've been handed a pen, there are eleven people waiting behind you, and the card says "Congratulations!" in gold foil so you can't just write that again.

One hundred baby shower wishes below, sorted by tone. Grab one, change a word so it sounds like you, sign your name, and pass the pen along.

Sweet and simple

1. So happy for you both — can't wait to meet them.
2. Wishing you a smooth arrival and a lifetime of good days.
3. Your family is about to get so much louder, and so much better.
4. Congratulations! They're lucky to be getting you two.
5. Sending love to all three of you.
6. Here's to tiny socks and enormous love.
7. Wishing you health, rest, and a very easy baby.
8. Can't wait to see you as parents. They'll be brilliant at it.
9. So much love for your growing family.
10. May they arrive safely and sleep generously.
11. The best chapter yet starts now.
12. Congratulations on your tiny, enormous news.
13. Thinking of you both as you get ready for the big day.
14. Every good wish for the weeks ahead.
15. You're going to be wonderful at this.
16. Wishing you all the best things, in the smallest package.
17. A whole new person is about to join us. What a thought.
18. Congratulations — the countdown is nearly over.
19. Wishing you calm days and short nights.
20. Welcome to the very best club there is.

Funny

21. Congratulations! Sleep well now, while it's still legal.
22. Wishing you an easy labour and a baby who likes sleeping. One of those usually happens.
23. Enjoy your last few weeks of finishing a hot drink.
24. Congratulations on your new roommate. They pay no rent and run the place.
25. May your coffee be strong and your baby be a napper.
26. Excited to meet the tiny person who's already ruining your sleep from the inside.
27. You've read the books. The baby has not.
28. Best of luck — you're about to become an expert in something you can't Google at 3am.
29. Congratulations! Your years of being on time are officially over.
30. Wishing you a baby who sleeps and a washing machine that never breaks.
31. May you always find the dummy in the dark.
32. New job title incoming, no training provided, zero holiday. Congratulations!
33. Sending love, and a strong recommendation to nap now.
34. Here's to nine months of preparation and a lifetime of improvising.
35. Congratulations — from here on in, every conversation is about naps.
36. You made a whole person. Frankly, showing off.
37. Wishing you all the joy and at least four hours in a row.
38. Get ready to talk about someone else's bowels a great deal.
39. Congratulations! Please accept this gift as a bribe for future babysitting access.
40. The good news: they're adorable. The other news: they're loud.

For the mum-to-be

41. You're going to be such a good mum.
42. Wishing you strength for the birth and rest afterwards.
43. Thinking of you especially — look after yourself as well as them.
44. However this goes, you've got this.
45. Be kind to yourself in the first few weeks. You're learning too.
46. You'll be the person they run to. What a thing to be.
47. Wishing you an easy delivery and a gentle fourth trimester.
48. Ask for help. Take the help. Then take some more.
49. Whatever kind of birth you have, it's the right one.
50. You've been growing a whole person. That's the hardest work there is.
51. Excited for you, proud of you, here for you.
52. Whatever you need in the first few weeks — say the word.
53. Sending you calm, patience, and a very quick labour.
54. You'll know what to do. And when you don't, you'll work it out.
55. Here's to you — the one doing the actual heavy lifting.

For the dad-to-be, or both parents

56. Congratulations to you both. Teamwork from here on.
57. Wishing you both patience, sleep, and a lot of laughing.
58. You're going to be great at this — both of you.
59. Here's to the two of you becoming three.
60. Best wishes to the newest parents in the group.
61. Congratulations, Dad. The 3am shift is the good one, honestly.
62. To both of you: split the nights, share the wins, and eat something.
63. A whole family, made by you two. Congratulations.
64. Wishing you both the good kind of tired.
65. Look after each other as well as the baby.

Religious and blessing wishes

66. May they be blessed with health, happiness and a long, good life.
67. Praying for a safe delivery and a healthy baby.
68. May your home be filled with blessings and baby laughter.
69. Wishing you God's blessings on your growing family.
70. May they be watched over and always come home safe.
71. A blessing on the three of you.
72. May this child bring your family joy for many years.
73. Keeping you all in my prayers for a safe arrival.
74. May they grow up surrounded by love and faith.
75. Blessings on the mother, the father, and the little one to come.

For a boy

76. Congratulations on your little man!
77. Wishing you all the best with your baby boy.
78. Here's to muddy knees and enormous cuddles.
79. A little boy to love — congratulations!
80. Wishing your son a life full of adventures.
81. Get ready for trucks. So many trucks.
82. Congratulations! May he be brave, kind, and a good sleeper.
83. So excited to meet your little guy.
84. To your son — welcome to a family that already adores you.
85. Boy mums and boy dads get the best hugs. Congratulations.

Short one-liners for gift tags

86. Welcome to the world, little one.
87. Can't wait to meet you.
88. So loved already.
89. Congratulations on your little one.
90. Here's to new beginnings.
91. With love for your growing family.
92. Sending love to all of you.
93. The best is coming.
94. Every happiness to you three.
95. Made with love, for someone brand new.
96. Congratulations, and welcome.
97. All our love.
98. Tiny human, enormous love.
99. See you soon, little one.
100. So happy for you.

If you'd rather write your own

The formula that never fails: a congratulation + one specific thing you're looking forward to + your name. "Congratulations both — I cannot wait to see you with a tiny person on your shoulder. Love, Sam." That's it. Specific beats poetic, and short beats long.

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