by Deidra Romero posted in Parenting

Do you remember getting a card in the mail from your cousin in Cleveland announcing the arrival of their new baby" Snail mail used to be the primary way for distant friends and family to know you had given birth.
Well, long gone are those days.
Now most couples take to social media to introduce their new addition to the world.
It?s a great format for friends or family to send their well-wishes, and it's much faster. But this new digital approach brings another question to the table: What to do about over-eager friends and family who wish to make the announcement before the mother and father have even had a chance"
Couples are now being proactive in announcing the births of their children by using a little graphic like this one to spread the word.
This trend just recently started gaining traction and I think it will be standard practice before too long. Since social media is still in its infancy, we don't have a lot of norms surrounding the medium. However, as millennials, who have had social media for over a decade now, begin to age, more social media norms are being put into place.
And I hate to say it, but younger generations are much more sensitive about what they post on social media than Baby Boomers.
In this new era, it?s a parents' job to take responsibility for their children in the digital space--even when they are infants. Some parents refuse to post pics of their kids on social and they want their friends and fam...