Thank you card etiquette

I was wondering what the normal time is to send thank you cards from a baby shower. One of my showers was last week and the baby isn't due until May 9th. Husband suggests doing a card with picture of the baby which wouldn't happen till??? maybe June...I think that seems tacky to wait that long, or is it normal? I had purchased some cards and started filling them out from the shower but then he said we should order a bunch that we can put pictures in etc. What have/are you doing in that area? Sorry to be so needy today. May not respond until tomorrow because I have an appt. in an hour but will look for your replies.

 I didn't send Thank You's until after the baby was born.. which wound up being 3 months later *YIKES*.  I also sent the baby announcement/picture along with the thank you.

I plan on sending out thank yous within two weeks after my shower and then doing birth announcements when she arrives. I just feel that I get mad when people don't send me thank-yous for a long period so I should give people the courtesy that I want myself...but everyone if different!

If you feel comfortable waiting, then wait and do it the way Hubby suggested

I think etiquette would be to send the thank you's soon after your shower and then send out birth announcements when your baby is born. I on the other hand just got the last of my thank you's mailed for my Feb. 6th baby shower. I am terrible at thank you's only because I never have all of the addresses and I don't know who most of the people are because my husband is from a very small town and we get gifts from all over the place!! lol! It was the same way with our wedding too!

-Ashlie

not that I'm the best with thank you cards, I waited 11 months to send out my wedding thank yous lol!  but i had my shower March 7 and the thank yous are going out this week coming up.  i hateeeee writing them out, mostly because i need to work really hard to keep my handwriting neat through 50 thank you cards, but I'd much rather do them before the baby gets here!

I think that Thank You's should probably go out now and then an announcement when baby arrives. I know they say that you have up to a year to send out wedding thank you's and I always thought that was a VERY long time. I think that they should be done within a month. My MOm was the Thank You police growing up - I always had to send them right away! lol I took our wedding thank yous on our honey moon and worked on them on the plane. I've received a few random baby gifts so far and already sent out the Thank Yous.

Hope that helps and good luck with the appt.

Liz

i agree with liz 100%

You have a year but go with your comfort zone.

I send thank yous asap because I actually think they are ridiculous and if I wait too long I just won't do them. 

 I agree with Liz too....if I don't do them right away I procrastinate away.....maybe put a cute pic of you in it being pregnant....

As you can see I'm late with the thank you to you for your replies. I appreciate the suggestions. I think I will do the thank you's now and then the birth announcements later.