| your exciting news public. Your baby is unique, so why | | | | • Create a photo card. Have your partner take |
| not make his birth announcement unique as well? Enlist | | | | a Polaroid of the baby on the day of his birth. Then |
| you friends and relatives. As soon as you are | | | | make as many copies of it as you need on a color |
| prepared to announce your news, corroborate the | | | | copier at a local office-supply store. Fold the 8 1 |
| essential details (girl/boy, name, weight and time of | | | | 2x11-inch paper so the photo becomes the front, and |
| arrival). Guarantee that nobody and nothing gets | | | | add your baby’s name and other birth |
| ignored in the enthusiasm. Giving everyone a unique | | | | information inside the card. |
| keepsake of the happy event is the ideal way to mark | | | | • E-mail your announcement. Use a Web page |
| such a wonderful occasion. | | | | to keep friends and family posted. If you have access |
| Getting a jig launchBefore baby arrives, work smartly | | | | to a website through your Internet provider, you can |
| on your announcements. | | | | post vital statistics, digital photos, and daily anecdotes. |
| • Pre-address the announcement envelopes, | | | | Just be careful not to identify your family by last name, |
| either by hand or using your computer to print out | | | | hometown, or phone number because anyone on line |
| labels. | | | | can access your Web page. |
| • Prepare the announcement on your | | | | • Encash your children’s creativity. Let |
| computer, leaving the birth data area blank. Then when | | | | your elderly younger ones use and hone their artistic |
| baby arrives, quickly fill in the information and print. Or | | | | skills. Make your older children cut nursery shapes from |
| with one stroke of the Enter button, e-mail the | | | | different colors of crafts paper like a teddy bear, a |
| announcement to everyone. For superior designing you | | | | nursing bottle, a rattle, a cradle, or any other |
| can hire the services of professionals also. | | | | baby-related item. Then ask the kids to paste the |
| • Seek aid-n-assistance in advance. Once the | | | | colored shapes onto a folded piece of pink or blue |
| baby arrives, let those excited grandparents, aunts, and | | | | crafts paper. Let them print the vital information inside |
| uncles stuff the envelopes. | | | | the card. |
