Baby Shower Thank You Etiquette
A Baby Shower Thank You is a must from the mother-to-be to all her guests. While technically the party was held by the hostess, the thank you notes are the responsibility of the guest of honor who received all the gifts and in who’s honor the party was held.
Saying a heartfelt thank you means following certain rules of etiquette. Here are some rules of etiquette for thank you notes.
Baby Shower Thank You Etiquette:
- A Babyshower Thank You should be sent within 2-3 weeks of the shower. The only exception is in case the mother delivers the baby immediately after the shower. In such cases, 4-6 weeks is also acceptable. However, it must be sent separately from the birth announcement. The two should not be combined for convenience.
- Asking guests to write their own names and addresses on the Baby Shower Thank You envelopes is in extremely bad taste according to the etiquette police. Some women agree that it saves a lot of time and effort for the already over-worked mother-to-be but most feel that it is disrespectful. After all if the guests could spend hours shopping for just the right gift for the baby certainly the mother-to-be can spend a few minutes writing out the Thank You cards.
- It is a nice touch to personalize each card by mentioning the gift given when saying thank you. So you could say something like, “Thank you for the lovely infant carrier seat. It is exactly what we would have bought ourselves. We will love using it and we’re sure so will the baby!”
- You can use informal stationery for the Baby Shower Thank You notes but certainly not paper you tore out from the pad on your desk!
- Handing out pre-written Baby Shower Thank You notes as the guests leave the party is just about the worst thing you could do. What’s the point of even pretending to say thank you when you created the thank you’s before you even received the gift! This is in extremely bad taste.
- If a particular gift is not to your taste you don’t need to gush over it in the Baby Shower Thank You note. You can simply say something like, “Thank you for the infant carrier seat. We look forward to using it.” However, certainly don’t take to criticizing it or showing your dissatisfaction either. Saying something like, “Thank you for the infant carrier seat but we already had one!” OR “Thank you for the infant carrier seat but we don’t use products of this brand,” is absolutely not done.
Thus, writing out Baby Shower Thank You cards is not really that difficult. Most mothers are so excited to receive so many gifts for their babies that they can't help but gush over them.
Baby Shower Etiquette
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