Baby Shower Thank You Ideas
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If you are planning a baby shower, when you order your shower supplies and invitations, order some thank you cards with the same theme. The new parents will really appreciate the gesture.
Or as the new mom you may want to make your own baby thank you cards using some lovely mulberry paper for a special and elegant thank you card. In this case you may want to find a small special gift for the shower hostess.
After the birth of your precious baby you could send a picture of your child and say thank you from Suzie(mom), Joe(dad) and Joe Joe(baby). However you may be too busy or tired at that time. Generally the thank you notes should go out within a week or two of the shower. Whenever possible, mention the specific gifts: “Thank you for the baby swing, we are sure Junior will love it.”
Shower favors do not take the place of a thank you note. I know someone who thinks they can. Get your husband, mom, sister of a friend to help you do the cards. A simple thank you and your signature on a card will be fine if you have a lot of notes to do.
You can go on line and find verses suitable for you thank you cards. If you were lucky enough to get thank you cards at your shower that will save you some money. Unless you know the sex of the baby, you don’t want to use thank you cards that would suggest either a boy or girl. For instance a blue rattle or a pink dress on the front of your cards would imply a boy and the other a girl.
There are web sites where you can find some delightful verses or poems to use on your thank you’s. Why not try to write original poems or verses. Just play with it, you may surprise yourself.
It is especially important to send a thank you card or note to people who could not attend the shower but did send a gift.
As the person hosting a shower DO NOT assign specific gifts to particular guests. This is rude and people should buy a gift for another because they want to, not because it was demanded. You could embarrass the giver if they can’t afford the item assigned.
Let me repeat something mentioned earlier, get your thank you’s out as soon as possible. Your friends and family put effort in choosing gifts for you and your baby. It shouldn’t be too hard to send a simple note of thanks.
Praise every gift or the effort in choosing or making it. Even if the blanket knitted by your great aunt Millie is hideous, you could say “thank you for all of the effort you put into making the blanket for our baby.” Make sure it is on display in the baby’s room when she comes to visit.
