Are birth announcements necessary?

teacherjess · October 2012

I feel like all I have done lately is write out thank-you notes for the food and gifts we have gotten. I am grateful, but now I am really not wanting to do birth announcements, especially since I would be mailing them mostly to people who I am connected to through FB, email, etc. They all know he was born and have seen tons of pictures. It's a nice keepsake, but how necessary are they?

bonjourbelle05 · October 2012

I'm not doing them...most of the people who want to know/see him/photos have at this point. I will send Christmas cards that have his photo on them, so anyone who hasn't seen him will get their fill then. Like you said with all the thank you notes I just don't have the time or energy to address a bunch of announcements.

CCE126 · October 2012

I ended up doing them mostly because I got a really good deal on them from shutterfly and I knew our out of town family would appreciate the thought.

I think they are nice but certainly not necessary.

mlf625 · October 2012

Not necessary, but I like to do them. I have a lot of older relatives who aren't online and don't get a lot of mail, so I know they enjoy receiving an announcement.

ilovelife · October 2012

mlf625:
Not necessary, but I like to do them. I have a lot of older relatives who aren't online and don't get a lot of mail, so I know they enjoy receiving an announcement.

This...and I felt like I was obligated to do them with dd since I did them with ds!

Megcheer2 · October 2012

I debated doing them with DD#1 and ended up not. This time, I never even considered it.

CarlySara · October 2012

I did announcements and if people gave me anything, I wrote the thank you on the back on the announcement. Killed 2 birds with one stone!

bluecrab1020 · October 2012

LoveLossHopeRepeat:
CarlySara:
I did announcements and if people gave me anything, I wrote the thank you on the back on the announcement. Killed 2 birds with one stone!
Genius!
I'm sure someone will tell me this is improper etiquette, but I love the idea. 

I was worries about the same thing, etiquettewise, but I think people understand when you've just had a baby.

kellelle01 · October 2012

ilovelife:
mlf625:
Not necessary, but I like to do them. I have a lot of older relatives who aren't online and don't get a lot of mail, so I know they enjoy receiving an announcement.
This...and I felt like I was obligated to do them with dd since I did them with ds!

Agreed. I'm waiting to get my newborn pics back from our photographer...she is taking forever!! So, I haven't even sent mine out yet, but I will be within the next week.

teacherjess · October 2012

CarlySara:
I did announcements and if people gave me anything, I wrote the thank you on the back on the announcement. Killed 2 birds with one stone!

Love this idea! I wish I had thought of that. I have almost no older relatives who aren't connected by email (no grandparents left, etc.), which is why it just doesn't feel as necessary. I can only think of 2 or 3 people I wasn't able to email...seems kind of pointless.

damabo80 · October 2012

ilovelife:
mlf625:
Not necessary, but I like to do them. I have a lot of older relatives who aren't online and don't get a lot of mail, so I know they enjoy receiving an announcement.
This...and I felt like I was obligated to do them with dd since I did them with ds!

Yep and yep.

plus, it's nice to be able to put in his baby book.

damabo80 · October 2012

ilovelife:
mlf625:
Not necessary, but I like to do them. I have a lot of older relatives who aren't online and don't get a lot of mail, so I know they enjoy receiving an announcement.
This...and I felt like I was obligated to do them with dd since I did them with ds!

Yep and yep.

plus, it's nice to be able to put in his baby book.

damabo80 · October 2012

ilovelife:
mlf625:
Not necessary, but I like to do them. I have a lot of older relatives who aren't online and don't get a lot of mail, so I know they enjoy receiving an announcement.
This...and I felt like I was obligated to do them with dd since I did them with ds!

Yep and yep.

plus, it's nice to be able to put in his baby book.

damabo80 · October 2012

ilovelife:
mlf625:
Not necessary, but I like to do them. I have a lot of older relatives who aren't online and don't get a lot of mail, so I know they enjoy receiving an announcement.
This...and I felt like I was obligated to do them with dd since I did them with ds!

Yep and yep.

plus, it's nice to be able to put in his baby book.

MommaP12 · October 2012

CCE126:
I ended up doing them mostly because I got a really good deal on them from shutterfly and I knew our out of town family would appreciate the thought.

I think they are nice but certainly not necessary.

Ditto. I got 50 for 30 on Shutterfly so I got them. Plus I feel guilty doing them for 1 and not 2

melody921 · October 2012

They're not necessary, but I like them, especially for older family members who aren't on FB.

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