How to Send Email Baby Announcements

Your time is precious as a new parent! Save time and money by sending email baby announcements to introduce your new baby to your friends and family. This option works great if you have email addresses for most of your family members and friends. You might also choose to send email birth announcements to some friends, and traditional mailed birth announcements to family and very close friends.

Things You'll Need

• Internet access
• Email addresses of family and friends
• Photos of your new baby

Instructions

1. Decide if you want to send your email baby announcement from your personal email account or from an e-greetings website (such as www.happygreetings.net or www.egreetings.com). You can design your own birth announcement in your personal email, or use free templates e-greeting websites.

2. Upload pictures of your new baby from your digital camera. You can also scan printed pictures. If you do not have a scanner, ask your local photo developer to digitize the picture(s) for you.

3. Gather all the information you want to include in your email birth announcement. The baby's full name, parents' names, birth date and time, and birth statistics (weight and length) are common. You can also include sibling names, a personal message, or any other information you wish.

4. Design your email birth announcement, complete with photos and birth information, and send it to family and friends.

Tips & Warnings

• Baby websites are becoming more and more popular. Family and friends can keep up with your new baby's growth, see recent photos, and communicate with the new parents easily. Check out www.ebabypages.com to see what you can do with your baby webpage.

Resources

• Get Birth Announcement Ideas