Thank you cards - what is the etiquette?

[BellaMummy]

Just looking for some advice on sending thank you cards. My daughter turned 2 recently and had a little party. She was given quite a few presents in person; which she opened and said 'thank you'.

I have sent a thank you card for anything she received in the post - do I need to send them for presents she received in person? Is that the correct etiquette?

Any advice/views would be appreciated!

I don't think so - it would seem a little OTT to send cards too as there is no way your dd could do them herself at her age. Once she's old enough to sign her own name I think it might be a nice idea as it will help teach her about manners.

No, I wouldn't send them for gifts received in person and at 2 I wouldn't send them at all. I would ring the people up and get her to say thankyou on the phone. More meaningful than a card written by you IMO.

Thanks for the responses. I felt as though it was probably just appropriate to say thanks at the time. When DD was born and when she turned 1, we were living in Ireland and so I sent thank you cards for stuff received in the post, which made me wonder.
Thanks again

No need to send cards when she's only two.

Wait till she can at least sign her name in them.

when my boys were smaller they used to 'draw'on a postcard which i would then send to the sender of the gift,to little friends a personal thankyou at the time sufficed but for aunties godmothrs and grandparents to this day they still send note saying thankyou- except to my nan who rather crossly announced it was a waste of first class stamp to send a thankyou card