The baby shower as we know it today is a relatively recent invention. It appeared in Emily Post’s book, “Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage” in 1937. Since it did not appear in earlier editions of the book (1927 and 1922), we can reasonably assume that the tradition was not in widespread practice at those times. At that point, the shower was known as a “stork shower.” and was only one kind of shower thrown; there were also larder showers, kitchen showers, and of course, bridal showers.
