How Real Mothers Fill In Baby Memory Books
By: Sophia Ton
There are several different kinds of popular baby memory books that moms like to fill in for keepsakes. And most won’t remain flat for long!
Small semi-soft cover photo album types are popular where you stash away single snap shots each month – then gradually spreading them out to the annual daycare photos. You can also keep tiny snippets of those first curls here and other small mementos – hair ribbons or bows, scalp cap, squashed bootie, etc. Average sized books are about 5.9 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches with a sort of soft, quilted cover…but they sure won’t remain flat for long.
Similarly larger hardcover baby memory books have photo pages for storing copies. Plus they generally feature questions where you fill in the blanks as baby grows up. These are popular because moms (and dads!) like to record first words, favorite foods, during early years, etc. These books run around 11.6 x 9.4 x 0.9 inches, and their binding does allow for some “fluff” as the books expand with hair snips, ribbons, favorite package bows from grandma, etc. But they still grow too big for their bindings!
Other real moments captured by moms with these baby memory books include:
- Favorite greeting cards from family members, co-workers, friends – anyone and everyone!
- Fun package tags that held tiny trinkets like baby booties or rattle.
- Bookmarks for mom, dad or baby.
- Newspaper announcements about baby’s birth!
- First tooth that fell out (unless the tooth fairy took it, of course!)
- Family Trees
- Favorite songs of the times
- Favorite videos / DVDs, movies (like any of Disney’s).
- Silly but cute crafts created during those early years.
- Fun coloring pages.
- Finger painting page – for finger prints as security – plus for fun.
- Nursery swatches
- Photos of everything with baby in them
- Paper dolls and clothes
- Hair clippings
- Vacation mementoes, postcard(s) and brief write up of adventurous time you had.
- Autobiography and history of others in family.
- List of books you read baby
As you can probably tell, just one baby memory book is probably - - OK definitely not going to be enough room for everything. So get real, and get real baby memory books with extra space. Or just get more space for your baby memory books. But do have fun!
