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Whenever a new baby is born into the family you always want to announce it to your family and friends. That is the very reason why baby announcements were created. There is no better way to announce the new birth than by sending out baby announcements. Any new parent will tell you how excited they are to have a new baby in the family.

A good idea is to have your baby announcements all picked out before the baby is born. You will not be able to do much shopping for these kinds of things once your new baby is born. It is a good time to pick the announcements out before the baby is born too.

Think about what kind of design you would like to have on your new baby announcements. It is a good idea to send out the baby announcements within about 3 months after the birth. Be sure to include the name of the baby, the birth weight, and how long the baby was at birth. You should also include the name of the hospital in which the baby was born. If you are on maternity leave and plan on going back to work it is a good idea to send your baby announcement to your co workers and supervisor. You should include your expected return to work date on the baby announcements you send to your work place.

You will probably want to get on the phone and tell everyone about the new baby. You will soon realize that you do not have enough time to call everyone you know. Sending out a formal baby announcement is a tried and true tradition. Of course, nowadays you could just send a text message to everyone. You know that is really not the proper way to do it though. Anyway, you probably do not have all the people you want to let know about the baby on your cell phone calling list. The tried and true tradition of mailing formal baby announcements is still the best way. You will find that more people are apt to send a baby gift if you send them a traditional baby announcement. For some reason people do not take text messaging or email as serious as they do paper mail.

You will still be able to send out ecard baby announcements to your online friends however. If you want, you can go online to look for baby announcements. You will find a lot of websites that sell baby announcements. You may be able to upload one of the newborn pictures and have it printed on the baby announcements too. Be careful and include the sex of the new baby too.