Birth announcement /thank you card?

Flyingtoast · March 2014

Would it be acceptable send thank you cards for with the birth announcement?

I am still receiving baby presents. I think since we were team green, many people waited to find out the gender. I was completely caught up on thank you cards/notes till last week. My issue is I'm about to send the birth annoucments and realized I would be sending the thank you card on the same day. It seems silly to me to pay twice the postage on the remaining thank you notes, exspecally for the over seas notes.

I was thinking of putting the note/card in the same envelope as the annoucment. I'm torn because they spent the time and effort to pick a (thoughtful?) present, and I'm 'bundleing' the annoucment and thank you for the remaining presents.

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Flyingtoast · March 2014

Madisonpenny said:
I'm frugal with most things but when it comes to things like this I think it's worth paying the extra money and sending the TY cards separate.

This was my thinking, but DH is making me question the sanity of it. Etiquette doesn't always make logical sense.

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hopefuldog · March 2014

I personally am ok with 2 seperate cards in one envelope. I would NOT be ok with a combined birth announcement/thank you card. But I can see where some people would prefer 2 separate envelopes. Many you can do some of each based on what you think the person would prefer (ex. "older" generation/grandparents I would maybe send separate, but close friends/"younger" generation you could probably get away with 1 envelope?

JessWhatINeeded · March 2014

I DID put thanks you cards in with birth announcements for the few late straggler gifts. Or gifts from people I hadn't even thought to send an announcement to, such as my husband's ex-wife's parents! Yep, his ex-in-laws are still close enough that they send us Christmas cards too.

RedSoxGirl10 · March 2014

I sent mine separate only because I am just now getting around to actual birth announcements lol. But really, you know your friends and family. If you have old school people, then make sure you do it "right"- if everyone is flexible I'd just do whatever. I would not offended at all!

hopefuldog · March 2014

@SgrRay929‌, I get what you are saying, and don't disagree. I'm normally all for proper thank you card etiquette. One should absolutely take the time for a separate hand written card. The only reason I'm ok with combined envelopes is that it can save so much on postage. I'm personally not doing birth announcements, but have gone through almost 100 thank you cards between shower gifts and post-baby gifts. That's more than a case of diapers in stamps! But I don't Argue that technically they should even be in separate envelopes!

I had one friend give me a "thank you" card in person the same day I hand delivered a gift. The card was a photo card with the baby's picture and preprinted with the words thank you. I was definitely taken aback by that one. So many breaches in etiquette, I think i would have preferred no card!

MissDemeanor · March 2014

Honestly, we're pretty casual about such things in my world. I'm the one who still has a week to go before my baby shower, because that's how we do things here. Personally I have never received a thank you card for anything but a wedding gift. And I've thought nothing of it. I would have zero issues with receiving a thank you card and a birth announcement in the same envelope. I'm i big believe in that it's the thought that counts. But like I said, this is how it works in my circles.

But don't worry! I have sent my thank you cards!

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