Late Thank Yous

I'm with the halloween card person (although I'd try to find a more recent picture and send it before halloween cuz that's still 2 months away) and think you should send a "thanks again" photo card.

Why don't you send a photo from the baptism instead of a halloween card?

Honestly I think thank yous are important but they are also over-rated. If the people who gave you the gifts really care about you they'll know you appreciate the gifts without the formality of a card and they'll understand you have a new baby and you're just busy or flakey or whatever new babies make moms. A good person wouldn't hold a late or absent thank you card against you.

I have to wonder what kind of people really have the time and energy and desire to sit around waiting for thank you cards for things they bought. Unless what they gave was a couple thousand dollar bond or a home-made gift that took weeks to make, they really should find something else to do with their time. This isn't a birthday thank you we're talking about, it's a baptism thank you. Obviously the baby is new and you're busy as heck. A good person won't hold it against you.

I read somewhere that it's never too late to say thank you. And it seems that I would rather get two thanks rather than none at all. Having a new baby gives plenty of reason for being late. Enjoy your daughter, she'll be grown before you know it.

Just get the cards out this week. You can apologize for the late date but thank everyone for their participation in the get together.

This has happened to me a couple of times and my solution to you would be this - Halloween is around the corner so perhaps you can take a picture of your daughter in a halloween outfit and place a border on it (kodak gallery, snapfish...etc)and mail them a picture and write a small note on the back thanking them "again" for sharing that special day with you. My son's birthday is in December and I am usually sending out Valentine Cards as thank you cards. :)I hope this helps!!

Definitely send a note to anyone you remember being there. Thank them for attending, and briefly explain that you're not sure whether they received a thank you, but wanted to make sure they know you appreciate their show of love to your daughter. Better two thank you's than none!

Don't sweat this. You are a mom of an infant. Hopefully family will understand. You apparently heard that some people got thank yous. Are other's complaining that they didn't? Perhaps you could send to everyone you haven't heard received a thank you, and thank them for celebrating the joy of your child being welcomed into the family of god, and helping make it such a special day.

It is never oo late for a thank you...I'd just resend them to everyone- so you don't miss anyone. Don't feel dumb! I forget stuff ALL the time since I had my son 16 months ago. I feel like a walking stupid-head sometimes...

Just send them to whoever came and tell the truth. It's nothing to be embarassed about, after all, having a new baby does rattle the brain a little.