thank you card etiquette?

musicnmoon123

So what's the etiquette on thank you cards for the shower?  Should I send them out ASAP, or can I wait until after he's born and do an all in one thank you card plus baby announcement?  I like the idea of being able to include the baby's photo with our thank you note.  Especially since we're keeping his name a secret until he's born, it would be nice to be able to say something like "Thank you for the xyz gift, Cole loves it!"

Legally Nads

If its like wedding thank-you's (30 days after you return from the honeymoon), I would think if your shower is about 30 days from your due date, that would be a good time frame, unless you had an early shower. If it was me, my shower is going to be in April and I'm due in late June, I would probably try to send out the thank you's within a few weeks after the party. However, if you are close to your due date, I'm sure everyone would understand that you are busy getting ready for baby and a later thank you would be forgiven-- especially if it includes news about the baby!  

hopefulmom

Thank you cards should be separate from birth announcements.

megdrew1218

hopefulmom:

Thank you cards should be separate from birth announcements.

The only times I have gotten a thank you card stuck inside an announcement is when I brought a gift to the hospital, or send it to the home after the baby was born. Which I thought was fine. Shower is different, IMO.

SoCaliAli

Thank you's should probably go out within 1 month of your shower.  Birth announcements should be seperate.

sarahbear

I wouldn't trust my ability to organize and send thank you cards with photos while caring for a newborn. LOL. I'd send them out after the shower and send birth announcements for the photo piece.

jolibebe

They should go out within 30 days of your shower...and separate from your announcements.

mysticporter

sarahbear:

I wouldn't trust my ability to organize and send thank you cards with photos while caring for a newborn. LOL. I'd send them out after the shower and send birth announcements for the photo piece.

This.  Go ahead and get the shower thank you's out as soon as you can, and send a pic/announcement later.

Jennicap

TYs should go out 2 weeks after your shower, if the baby is born in the timeframe I'm sure you can take an extra few weeks since life will be crazy but personally I wouldn't take too long maybe 4-5 weeks. If your not due for a while I would get them done ASAP! You won't have time to do them afterwards and if you get busy and forget them and then they never get sent out!

shortstuff15

My birth announcements will be my thank you cards, but my shower won't be until a few weeks after baby comes.  For my bridal shower (which was 3 weeks before my wedding) I just waited until our wedding thank you's came in and used them for both.  My region is apparently pretty different in etiquette then compared to anywhere else though, and nobody cared at all!  I'd say go with what you are comfortable with, but I do agree that it shouldn't be too long.  I'd only wait 4 weeks at the most before sending them out, so if that means they are separate, then do seperate.

K.a.T.e

I'd send out right away

bahollist

I'm planning on a Thank You card as soon as possible and then making sure to send out the birth announcements to all guests as well.