Baby shower thank yous ...

I have had 2 friends in the last 12 months have babies - I was invited to showers and went with gifts .
Well one child is one and I never received a thank you card nor a personal thank you , one child is 5 months and same , no thank you card, no thank you in person ...
I may be acting old fashioned but when did it become taboo to send out thank yous for these sorts of things? I mean even a baby announcement when baby arrived with a thank you inside would have been acceptable...

Maybe I'm just a prude.

I agree, if people go out of thier way to come celebrate your child and bring a gift you should at least be sending a thankyou note...... I didn't ahve the $$ for ll the stamps so hubb and I would make detours when we were driving around to drop them in peeople's mail boxes..... I think it's the "right" thing to do.

i totally sent thank you cards to anyone who got me something

 

i already got my thank yous and my shower is not until aug 23rd i send a thank you for anything anyone gives me

I sent mine out as well. I feel it is rude to not do it!

i haven't had my baby shower yet and i already bought my thank-you cards. i understand people get busy after a baby, but i think it'sa littlerude to not send a thank-you. i'm going to do them right after the shower so they're done before the baby.

I never got around to filling out the thank you cards after my shower for my first pregnancy . However, I did see everyone again after she was born and made a point of thanking each person for their gift and saying how often we used it.

Quoting *Mrs.Hamman*:“ I never got around to writing thank you cards after my shower for my first pregnancy . However, ... [snip!] ... see everyone again after she was born and made a point of thanking each person for their gift and saying how often we used it.”

See even that would be acceptable to me - but nothing pisses me off  

Wow, I think that's pretty rude. I had all my "Thank you's" out before I even had my baby. I kept a running list to make sure I didn't forget the people who gave gifts after the birth.
Not only is it rude, but it makes people not want to get anything for you anymore.  

I am guilty of not sending thank you cards from my sons'pregnancy   but I was soooo overwhelemed with so much going on....but i personally thanked everyone before they left the shower and i thanked them again when i brought the baby by to see them

Quoting NonsenseMom:“ See even that would be acceptable to me - but nothing pisses me off  ”

Yeah I think it's polite to let someone know thatyou appreciate their gift. I think a lot of people just take their baby showers for granted as something that's "supposed" to happen. With this baby I am not even going to be having a shower and if anybody gets me a gift and brings it to the hospital or whatever I will definately get them a thank-you card now that I am a SAHM and have a little more time.

Im horrible at remembering to send them out I write them and forget but with a babyshower I will definately not forget since people didn't have to bring gifts or even show up. I'll send them even if they just come to celebrate baby. But with other things and not sending them out I do say thank you to them for whatever it is they did or gave. So they know that I acknowledged what they did. Does that make sense?

I think it's extremely rude to not send out thank you cards. There are people spending their hard earned money and free time on you and your baby, so the least you can do is formally thank them. Not having time is not an acceptable excuse- if I had time to write mine with newborn twins to take care of, then anyone can!

Quoting *Mrs.Hamman*:“ I never got around to filling out the thank you cards after my shower for my first pregnancy . However, ... [snip!] ... see everyone again after she was born and made a point of thanking each person for their gift and saying how often we used it.”

Ya, I did the same thing

I had my baby shower on June 29th, and I had all my baby shower thank you cards done by the very next day. I mean some people gave checks and cash and I just didn't feel right playing with it until I knew their card was in the mail. I am the same way though, I think thank you cards are neccasary and should be done. It's the polite and courteous thing to do.