When should you send out Birth Announcements?
The etiquette for mailing birth announcements has been that they should go out as soon as possible after your baby’s birth. However, as new parents’ lives go through a major transition once a newborn arrives home from the hospital, it’s not unusual for months to go by before birth announcements are actually sent. It’s generally agreed that you shouldn’t wait more than six months. One clever and efficient solution would be to combine your baby’s birth information with a holiday card. For example, PhotoAffections.com offers a number of attractively personalized holiday birth announcements, Valentine or Easter cards that build birth information in.
There’s another factor to take into consideration about the timing of your announcements: adorable as your new creation may be, photos taken immediately after birth may not do your little one justice! Many new parents prefer to give themselves a few days or even weeks to capture the perfect images.