I got this brilliant idea to make a baby book by myself.....?

Question

i am picky about my daughters baby book. I have one but it doesnt have enough details in it for me. I want every single first, milestone, the whole nine yards..... The only problem is that I cant f**ng think of anything.....except what is already in my baby book i have right now! PLEASE HELP.....Thanks...

Answer 1

Here are my suggestions:

Write about how YOU feel about her, like a monthly letter to her that she can read when she grows up.

Her name meanings and why you choose them for her.

I have 6 kids and when each of them were born, I dedicated a song to them, and wrote the lyrics in their baby books. (The songs are: "When I'm With You" -Sherrif, "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" -Aerosmith, "When You Say Nothing At All" -Allison Krauss, "How Do I Live" -Trisha Yearwood.) I can't tell you how meaningful that has turned out to be for us.

Write what you want most for her in life, What traits you hope she has.

Explain how you feel when you hold her, hear her laugh and watch her sleep.

I guess these aren't milestones, but I'm really sentimental and I have a book for all my kids filled of little notes I've written about how they make me feel. Now that my oldest is 16, I love opening his book and reading it.

Answer 2

I've done the same thing that you are. I'm currently writing EVERYTHING down in a journal type book - that way they can read the book later and have more insight than a baby book gives. When I get motivated I'm going to pick out several things and include a timeline in the baby book - for other more memorable things (with pictures to go with them) I'm going to try for the traditional look of a baby book only including the things that I want. Good luck, I know this is turning out to be a bigger job than I first thought it would be.

Answer 3

I was the same way, but when it came down to it I was so wrapped up in my daughter's firsts that I never wanted to stop enjoying them to write it down. Now she's one and her baby book has like three entries, but I don't regret a single minute. Just think, what will you want to remember? All the time you spent writing all about baby's firsts'? Or enjoying every moment with her as she has these milestones?

Answer 4

Ya know I did the same thing LOL I got a beautiful blank book planning on making my son's & couldn't think of a single thing! So the one I was given & the blank one are both sitting on my coffee table, unwritten in.

1st:
smile, laugh, bath, grabbed a toy, time rolling over, sitting up propped, sitting up unassisted, pulled to standing, food, held own bottle, stand by self, step, crawling, reacted to a game (rolling a ball or whatever), vacation, day at the beach (or pool), stayed the night somewhere without you

faves:
toy, food, formula, pet, book, song, blanket, bottle, place

your faves about baby:
outfit, picture, day (memory), thing to keep baby occupied (swing, jumper)

That's all I got anyway *shrugs* sorry I couldn't be much more help

Answer 5

I have the normal, run of the mill baby book, but I also keep a journal for the other firsts not in the book. If you want, get a plain journal and then decorate the cover to your liking. Inside mine, I write, have pictures and mementos of things she's already done in her short life (tickets from the first trip to the zoo and stuff like that). I like it because I can take it to the dr appts and write her growth and keep records of the dr visits with it as well.

Hope this helps!!

Answer 6

Maybe just make it a date book, and add a little note each day when you think of it? Like July 10, 2006- Baby smiles for the first time, etc.

Answer 7

I have a baby book that came from WalMart made by Stepping Stones (by C.R. Gibson). It is blue (I have a boy) and on the outside it has a little drawing of a little romper and says "Thank Heaven for little Boys" around it. I have seen the pink ones for girls and I am sure they have the same thing inside the book. It has a place for entries and pictures of "Before the Baby" and what life was like, what was popular, etc. It has a place for Mother's Story and Father's Story, about education and work, etc. Another page asks for Family History ( Mother and Father's Story, traditions, things to remember about our family). It has a Family Tree page. Another page has a place for ultrasound pics and pregnant Mommy called Baby's Beginnings and it asks for due date, unforgettable moments in pregnancy, etc. It asks for Mother and Father preparations. A page is designed for details of the Baby Shower. A page if for Baby's Arrival, asking when labor began, people who were there for the birth, birth wieght, hair color, eye color, etc. One whole page is for an explanation for the baby's name and why you chose that name. 2 pages are for hand prints and footprints. There is a place for the birth cert., and birth announcements. One page is about the First Week (what baby ate, where baby slept, visitors, etc. Another asks for world events(President, popluar TV shows, popular books, sports, price of gas, etc. at the time of baby's birth. There's 2 pages for Memorable Firsts. It has a place for a photo of crawling and walking baby. It asks for the first times of things baby did (slept through night, crawled, held bottle, walked, ate solids, showed a tooth, sat on potty, etc. One page asks about the baby's day. It includes wake up time, bath time, naptime, bedtime. A page is for what the baby enjoys as far as food, toys, books, songs, playmates goes. 2 pages are for letters from the mother and father to baby. A page is for growth entries. There is a medical records page. There are pages for 1st, 2nd, 3rd birthdays, Other Celebrations, 1st Christmas, Christmas Memories (for photos). 2 pages are for vacation memories(photos), 2 for Magical Memories (photos).

To me, this book has a lot in it. Hope this helps you!

Answer 8

first ride on a swing bus train plane slide horse first summer and what she wore (first outfits winter spring summer etc first toy rattle teddy doll what Santa gave her reactions to wind rain thunder storms snow etc, new people animals favourite foods drinks things to do first games songs words facial expressions hope that helps sorry about the grammar it was just coming out

Answer 9

First Smile, First Laugh, First Pout, First Word, First Sitting up, First full night of sleep, First full bottle eaten, First flavor of pedialite, first food, first table food, first time holding a spoon, first day without a pacifier, first day of potty trainging, first day without wet accident, list several days of special events, first day to park, first holiday and what you did, first b-day cake, second b-day cake, ect... first real bath, day belly button came off, you could make a list of her first 5 or 10 words. babysitters she had, first day to a zoo, first pet she had, first cartoon or movie she watched, first song she listened too, first time in a swing, first time in a playpen, first toy she played with, favorite toy, first time she ate with a spoon herself, and what she was eating, first day of school, first report card, first friend, first field trip, first teacher, ...i really can't think of anything else,

good luck!!!!