spin off from baby book

lmossali · October 2012

What kind of things are you ladies thinking about putting in your baby books / scrapbooks?? I bought a scrapbook with tons of pages and stickers and all the fun stuff but other than pictures I'm not sure what else I should put in it. Maybe I should have both.

Also on a side note; my mother when she was pregnant with me gave both of my grandparents a grandmother book to fill out...anyone thinking of doing something like that?!

vnstacie · October 2012

Right now, my LO's babybook is lacking! I haven't written her first moments of crawling or walking, I need to get in that.. The baby book I got DD came with a memory box.

anyway, I kept all the papers they gave me at the hospital, food menu etc. all three of our hospital bracelets are in the box, the hat they put on her, and some other random things I can't remember at the moment.

The book doesn't have much, I had her feet printed in it and my mom filled out a lot of the hospital info for me because my hand wouldn't work! (Epi problem) but other than just filling out what the pages asks for there really isn't anything extra to add.

We did not and don't plan to do grandparent books.

I am putting together a mixbook of DD's first year for the grandparents and will hopefully have it done by Christmas.

joliebebe · October 2012

My mother is the scrapbooker, and she plans to put EVERYTHING. She even made me save my pee sticks.. yeah, she went there. Ultrasound photos. She's taken pictures of me and my OB. So every moment, waking and non-waking, of my LO's life will be documented pretty much. Indifferent

CarynGunter · October 2012

I really liked what was in DD's baby book.

It had pages about: what we thought about her before she was born, each of the parents, the birth announcement, handprints and footprints, when she got her baby teeth, coins/stamps/other items from her 1st year, what things cost the year she was born, what people/things were popular the year she was born, etc. It also had a page for each month from 0-12 and then birthdays 1-5. I took a picture beside the same stuffy each month to show her growth.

I would flip though a few actual baby books for inspiration if you don't want to do both.

ironmom5 · October 2012

joliebebe:
My mother is the scrapbooker, and she plans to put EVERYTHING. She even made me save my pee sticks.. yeah, she went there. Ultrasound photos. She's taken pictures of me and my OB. So every moment, waking and non-waking, of my LO's life will be documented pretty much.

The one I'm working on so far has pictures from each ultrasound with a little tag with the date and some info... baby boy, 2 pounds, fat cheeks like mommy, etc.

I have a whole seven pages.

joliebebe · October 2012

rdmitten:
joliebebe:
My mother is the scrapbooker, and she plans to put EVERYTHING. She even made me save my pee sticks.. yeah, she went there. Ultrasound photos. She's taken pictures of me and my OB. So every moment, waking and nonwaking, of my LO's life will be documented pretty much. [:]
I think we have the same mother. Mine wanted me to save my sticks and gave me a picture of her pee stick from when she found out she was PG with me. No thanks.

Exactly. I hope she just wants to take pictures of them, not put the actual pee stick in the scrapbook. I might cry.

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LuckyMissus · October 2012

Re: the grandparents books, I'm getting a set of these for everyone for Christmas to fill out. (Including DH and I.) I know that's kind of weird because they have to do the work and then give them back to me to hold on to for the baby. But I think they'll really like doing them.

https://www.mysweetmuffin.com/item/Interview-Journal-My-Grandpa/1123/c37

arybak13 · October 2012

We are doing a grandparent book - well for my husband's side of the family anyway. They emigrated from Poland after the war and have an amazing {and tragic} history. I am giving it as part of my hostess gifts for my mom and MIL for the shower...

I separately got my parents these grandparent figurines that I love... but might cave and get them a grandparent book as well!

MiahT · October 2012

So far I haven't had a chance to actually do anything other than brainstorm and gather up stickers, die cuts, photos and ideas for LO's baby book/scrapbook. I've got note cards as page holders so I can plan out what will go where eventually. I do know that I want to put a baby photo of DH and I in there with some family tree info, and we'll both be writing a letter to our LO for him to read when he's much older. What else? A page for bump photos, another for ultrasounds, photos of shopping for baby things with my family, DH and a friend putting the crib together, the nursery, pages for the baby showers. I plan to include LO's hospital bracelet, and his footprints, his birth information, a page for each of the first 12 months, first Halloween and Christmas, first word, first haircut, first tooth, first bath, etc.

Sorry, I'm babbling, but this is our first LO and I'm very excited about documenting the pregnancy and his first year.

Kougl Wife to Be! · October 2012

I designed my own and had it printed on mypublisher...love it! With baby #2 I'm adding in a page or two for "Out of the Mouth of Babes" for fun stories that they say. I have an extra page in my already made one that I will use for this too!

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