Starting A Baby Book
During the first year's there will be so many first's and events in your child's life that you will want to document and remember. A good way of doing this is starting a baby book.
You can either purchase a book that has a layout already just search "baby memory book" or you can purchase a regular scrapbook from just about any crafts store. Any size will work however you may prefer a larger size so you can fit your photos alongside with other memories. You will also need a way of adhering items to the pages of your baby book you can choose either a glue gun or glue sticks to make things simple. All of this can be purchased online or again at any crafts store you may also want to consider diferent color construction papers and decorations if you think you will get really creative.
Now that you have all the ingredients for a baby book we can start to gather items to include in the book. You should gather photos, birth anouncement, items from your baby shower, cards from family and any other memories you have saved to this point in your baby's life.
The baby book should start out with a title page as an introduction to your baby book and for what time period the book will cover. This would make a nice place to include your baby's birth anouncement, try to include a photo of your little one on this page also. If you dont have a birth anouncement don't worry just include your baby's vital information at birth.
The next few pages you will want to cover the baby shower. You should include photos of loved ones from the baby shower and you can glue in any decorations or anything else you have left over from the baby shower on these pages. Wrapping paper can be cut up to make confetti just be creative and I promise your child will love you for it.
You should also include a note from mom and a seperate note from dad to let baby know exactly how you were feeling when he or she was born. Your child will read this one day so make sure you really put some effort into it and let your child know how excited you were and how much they are going to be loved. If you are able to you should dedicate a page each for this and take some time out to write it, if you would like you can include a wallet size photo of mom and dad on there journal pages.
Now we have a good start on your baby book you can either just start adding photos and recording milestones as your baby reaches them or we can add a few more pages to what we already have.
For my baby's book I will my childs footprints and handprints and i will also add a small lock of hair. Again at any crafts store you will find non toxic ink pads to do this with. I will also add my baby's identification bracelet and a welcome card to these pages to jazz them up a little.
Well you are now well on your way to creating your first baby book but I will leave you with a few more tips to keep you on path. You should write down specific details about every significant event that takes place in your baby's life including how you felt at the time if that happy, sad, tired, or anxious. You can also add newspaper clippings of significant world events that happen as baby is growing if you like. Take plenty of photos and journal about everything from baby getting sick to smiling,laughing,sitting up,crawling,first steps and keep on going to graduation from Harvard Law. Lastly remember to add these memories to your baby book routinely and when it gets full start a new one.
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