Thank-you cards

AprilAngie · July 2012

I thought I would post this in this forum - as it seemed more appropriate- but I was going to do Thank-you cards after LO arrived, for gifts and money etc ppl bought for our baby- do a picture and incorporate the announcements with thank-yous but my mom was saying do them now- before LO arrives.

how should I do the wording? what do you suggest- wait till LO arrives and incorporate announcements- or do separate thank-you's? TIA

shaunah816 · July 2012

I vote for doing separate thank-yous. I know it's a pain to address two sets of envelopes and pay for two sets of stamps, but I feel it's the polite thing to do. Also, I'm a FTM, but I'm assuming things get pretty hectic after LO arrives, so birth announcements may not get sent out right away. If you wait until LO is a month or more old to send out thank-yous and announcements, you risk gift givers not being thanked quickly enough.

bklynbmp · July 2012

I dont think a thank you and an announcement serve the same purpose. The first is to write a personal note for the time/gift/whatever and express your heartfelt thanks. The second is to let everyone know about your baby. Doing both at the same time might work if your shower was very late in your pregnancy AND you were a machine about getting them right out as soon as baby is born but that a lot harder than just sending out two cards.

hboo2011 · July 2012

Thank you cards should be sent immediately after a gift was received. i.e. after your shower, or whenever someone gives you a gift. These should be individualized to each person.

A birth announcement is something entirely different, and can be a generic card including a picture sent to everyone after the birth of the baby.