Whether you're a first-time parent, second- or third-time parent, you can still ensure that your birth announcement has all the necessary information. When to send announcements, who to send them to, and whether paper or electronic are okay—we've compiled everything you need to know about birth announcement etiquette below. Information to include: Full Name of the Baby Names of the Baby's Parents and Siblings Baby's Birth Date Baby's Weight Baby's Length When should you send it? That depends on you and your schedule. You've just welcomed a new baby into your home, so friends and family will understand that you're too busy to send them right away. There's no official cut-off time to send an announcement, so don't stress if a few months have passed. We sent ours 5 weeks after Ryder was born but I definitely rushed to get them out. Who should you send it to? This is entirely up to you. You don't have to send it to everyone you know. We didn't. We sent it to everyone who we consider close to us and of course, those that would feel hurt if we didn't send one their way. If you're working with a budget you could send printed announcements to just your immediate family and closest friends and then do an email announcement or a Facebook post to let everyone else know. Electronic or paper announcements? The type of announcements you choose to send depends on your preference and what you think family and friends will appreciate. Electronic announcements can definitely be more cost-effective, but printed announcements are lovely as keepsakes. We went with printed announcements. We chose Basic Invite for our prints and could not be more pleased with the outcome. Basic Invite is one of the few websites that allows customers almost unlimited color options with instant previews online. Once you select a design you can change the color of each element on the card to over 180 different color options so you can make sure the card is exactly how you want it down to the littlest detail. They also offer more than 40 different color envelopes. Their foil options - silver, gold and rose gold - are super pretty too. Basic invite offers so many unique baby announcement cards to chose from. Since we had so many beautiful pictures to share, we decided to go with a folded option. That way, we were able to showcase multiple images of the baby, a family portrait as well as a shot if the two boys together. The name of the card we went with was called "Modern Magazine Mini Fold" and we customized all the colors of the card. We were so impressed with how many options there were. Basic Invite also offers custom business cards. Their holiday card selection is also beautiful and right now they are offering 30 percent off with code HOLI30. We'll be ordering our Christmas cards from the site for sure.
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10/7/2019 05:33:21 pm
I am scared of becoming a parent, but I need to be strong. I mean, there is no real way for me to prepare myself, so all I can do is this. I know that it is going to be a tough road for me, but I am really looking forward to it. If I can become a parent, then all of you guys can do it too. Just be responsible, and you are good to go, that is what parenting is all about.
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