11 messages · 3 tones

Newborn Wishes for Friends

11 messages written for friends specifically, across 3 tones. Every one is ready to copy as it stands, or to adapt.

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New ParentsWarm
41w · 224c

Gentle welcome to a new life

“Welcome to the world to your sweet new arrival! Wishing your family gentle days, restorative quiet moments, and endless wonder as you get to know each other. Please let us know whenever we can drop off dinner or lend a hand.”

Best for: New baby card sent with a meal delivery or gift.
New ParentsShort
18w · 93c

Short, because they are not reading

“Congratulations to all three of you. No reply needed to this or to anything else for a while.”

Best for: First message sent in the week the baby arrives.
New ParentsWarm
37w · 187c

An offer with a specific day attached

“Congratulations, both of you. I am dropping food round on Thursday and will leave it on the step unless you want company, in which case say so and I will stay exactly as long as you like.”

Best for: Close friend who can actually turn up and help.
New ParentsLight Humor
28w · 166c

On the state of the group chat

“Congratulations. You are now legally entitled to send us photographs at a frequency that would be alarming in any other context. We are ready. Delighted for you both.”

Best for: Friends you have an easy, joking relationship with.
Second-Time ParentsWarm
30w · 181c

Not the first time round

“Congratulations on number two. You already know everything I could usefully say, so instead: the offer of taking the older one out for an afternoon stands, permanently, from now on.”

Best for: Friends welcoming a second or later child.
Adoptive ParentsWarm
31w · 175c

A family made deliberately

“Congratulations. This family took paperwork, patience and a great deal of waiting, and it is here now. Wishing you all a gentle first few months of getting to know each other.”

Best for: Friends who have adopted or fostered.
New ParentsShort
15w · 94c

For a gift tag

“Welcome to the world, small person. Congratulations to your very tired and very happy parents.”

Best for: Tag on a gift or a card with almost no room.
New FatherWarm
27w · 150c

Writing to the partner who did not give birth

“Congratulations. People will ask about her for the next six months and forget to ask about you, so: how are you doing? Genuinely pleased for you both.”

Best for: Friend whose partner has just given birth.
New ParentsLight Humor
25w · 163c

Honest about the sleep

“Congratulations on the baby and commiserations on the sleep, which I understand you have signed away for approximately five years. Genuinely thrilled for you both.”

Best for: Friends who would rather be told the truth than reassured.
New ParentsWarm
30w · 188c

Naming the hard bit honestly

“Congratulations, both of you. The first months are wonderful and also genuinely hard, and I would rather say so than pretend otherwise. Call at any hour, about anything, including nothing.”

Best for: Close friend who would rather be honest than cheerful.
New ParentsShort
8w · 65c

Three words and an offer

“Congratulations. No reply expected, ever. Food arriving Thursday.”

Best for: Very short message in the first days.

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