Published April 20, 2011 | 
Why each baby deserves a baby memory book?
The joy of holding your baby in your own hands for the first time can be truly overwhelming. You want to look at it, you want to hold it, you want to take care of it and you want to just be there for it all your life. You click photographs of it at every opportunity and you shoot videos with your hand- held camcorder. It still feels less. Your baby is just too awesome! A great way to preserve memories of your baby and its growing- up years is to create and maintain a baby memory book.
Why do you need a book to remember your baby? Well, because it’s going to grow up. When it leaves your nest and goes away to college and lead its own life, you are going to wish you had more memories of it than photographs. A baby memory book is going to be just the right thing during that time. Not only will it be filled with photographs of your kid, it will also have stuck to it your baby’s first shoe, its first tooth, its first cap and its first cute little onesie. You are going to love reliving those golden memories.
A baby memory book is going to make your child feel special. When she grows up, the fact that you spent so much time to create and maintain the book is going to mean a lot to her.
Do have a memory book for each of your children. They are going to love you for it!
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Leave a commentPublished April 20, 2011 | Do you really need a baby memory book?
The answer above is a resounding YES. One day, not very far from today, you will want to take a trip down memory lane. When your little bundle of joy grows up and leaves home to lead its own life, you will want something that will relive those past days. You may now think that with so many “physical” memories it will be a tough proposition to put everything inside a baby book. Yes, that’s true. But not creating one may make you feel sad later.
If time is a constraint, a good idea is to ask a willing relative (perhaps your child’s grandmother) to help you create a baby book. While the helper does all the manual work to be done, you give him or her your own ideas. Later, when you have enough time on your hands, you can take authority of the book and start maintaining it yourself.
There are so many things you will want your baby memory book to store; its baby’s first tooth, its first shoe, its first painting, its first craft, its first cap. etc. You will also want to record its first syllable, photos of its birthdays, potty training, etc. There are just so many things that are awesome about your child. It would be criminal not to preserve those memories.
These days, readymade baby memory books are available. If you want to make a scrapbook yourself, keep some time aside every week or so when you can do it. Have fun!
Published April 20, 2011 | Create an online baby book
Don’t want to go the traditional way and create a baby memory book for your child? Why not create an online baby book? Sounds good? Starting an online baby book is not difficult if you know what to do. Here are the steps.
Creating a basic website is not as tough as it sounds these days. Just grab a book on HTML coding from the local library and get cracking. With a website, you can not only put all the photos of your baby online, you can also have a lot of fun doing so.
If you are technologically- challenged, opting for a professional to help you build a website is a great idea. There are a number of 3rd arty companies who will do so for a nominal fee. The most popular is perhaps Godaddy.com. It has all the features and functions you will need.
Uploading your baby’s photos using photo links is easy. You can try GoDaddy’s Website Tonight or Quick Blog. Interactive forums like HYPERLINK “http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum” \t “_new” http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum will also help you out.
Have fun with different templates and color schemes on your online baby book. The idea is to create something that others will enjoy looking at.
Add an interactive area on the online baby book where friends, relatives, co- workers can post comments.
Adding a fun area where there will be fun coloring pages for your website’s visitor’s children is great. You can find such links on websites like HYPERLINK “http://crayola.com/” \t “_new” http://crayola.com.
Published April 20, 2011 | What’s your baby memory book style?
Today, most parents create baby memory books for their child. It’s great fun to do and also preserves memories of your child as it grows up. There are several kinds of baby memory book styles for you to choose from. Following are the most popular ones.
Photo album: These are great if all you want to do is preserve your baby’s photos. Why not create a baby photo album for each set of grandparents of your child so that they can show it off?
Gender- specific: It is a great idea to go for these. If yours is a girl, a pink book is wonderful and if it’s a boy, blue is the obvious choice. You can find them in different hues. Choose the shade that attracts you the most.
Kodak moments: The Kodak Baby Book Memory Kit comes with a 12×12 album, sheets of themed solid colored paper, simulated-leather cover, sheets of pre-printed stickers, deckle scissors, gel pens, themed patterned paper, assorted self-adhesive die-cut shapes and decorated frames.
Museum style: They are meant for parents who want to maintain a historical account of their baby. They look good in formal coffee tables and great for showing off your child’s achievements.
Personalized style: These are unique and it is up to you just how you want to go about it. These scrapbooks are perhaps the most fun to do because you are free to do anything. Like glitter? Go ahead! Want to put a horn over grandma’s picture? Go ahead! Just have fun!
Published April 20, 2011 | Baby memory books: Preserve the memories of your child’s golden childhood
Aren’t babies just stinking cute? After parenting each of our six children till the time they went off to college, I have come to the conclusion that instead of parents molding their children; it is just the other way around. Having babies and bringing them up is supposed to be a fun thing to do but in today’s world, where all that kids eat is fast food and all that they play with are motion- sensor gaming devices that cost the earth, I am glad that I brought up my kids during a much more peaceful era. I do however wish that I had maintained a baby memory book for each of them just as most parents these days do. What a collection that would have made.
Bringing up children is not an easy matter. From changing diapers to getting all of them potty-trained and dealing with boyfriends of teenaged daughters- it’s definitely not an easy ride. At times, parents forget how amazing their kids really are! I did too!
I really wish that I and my wife had maintained a baby memory book for each of our children. We could have preserved photos, their first shoe, their first mop of hair that had been cut, their first cap, etc. It would really be fun to go through the book now when our children have gone off to lead their own lives. If you are a new parent, do create a baby memory book for your child. I have heard that it’s a whole lot of fun to do and relives memories of a golden age.
Published April 20, 2011 | How to make your own baby memory book
It is easy to make a baby memory book for your baby. All you need is a little imagination and time. Here’s how to go about it.
Gather the papers for the size of book you want to create. 8 ½ X 11-inch papers are right for regular – sized books. Whatever size of paper you decide upon, trim it and make all of them of equal size. Decorative stationery sheets or printer papers are also a great idea.
If you are looking for scrapbook materials, looking online is an option you can consider. You can also visit your local supermarket or dime store for these items.
Gather together all the photos and mementos of your baby that you intend to put in the scrapbook. Don’t collect too many photos as you don’t want to clutter the scrapbook. The idea is to be creative and have a book that speaks a story about your child.
Focus on one page at a time. You can have one main photo of your baby on one page and surround it with other mementos like its first shoe or cap and stuff like that.
On each of the pages, make sure that you add your own comments. You can also ask the other members of your family to write something in the scrapbook.
You can get your baby memory book professionally binded. For this, getting your local binder or searching online is a good idea.
Published April 20, 2011 | Importance of baby memory books
The arrival of a new baby brings joy, happiness and optimism in each of our lives. It would be wrong not have any photos and mementos of your child. A great way to store photos and memories of your child in the proper way is a baby memory book. Today’s parents make it a point to maintain at least one baby memory book where they not only store their baby’s photos, but other memorablia as well.
When you look at today’s teenagers, you see an unconfident lot who think that their childhood was not good. It really may not be the case. They may have forgotten all the good memories without having anyone or anything to remind them. You don’t want that happening to your child, right? When your child grows up and looks at a baby memory book you made for him, he is going to feel that he is important to you and that is going to boost his self- confidence. What’s more, you too will enjoy looking at the book when your child grows up. It’s fun reliving golden memories.
If you haven’t yet bought a baby memory book for each of your children, then now is the time to do it! The first photo you should put in there is the joy of the parents, relatives and other people around when they see your baby for the first time. It will showcase the fact that the arrival of your child was a very happy occasion.
Make your child feel special by maintaining a baby memory book.
Posted in Baby Memory Books | baby, baby memory book, baby memory books, memory book, memory books, new baby | Leave a commentPublished April 20, 2011 | Baby memory books are great keepsakes
Baby memory books are great keepsakes of your baby. A lot of mothers these days like to maintain a baby memory book where they retain stuff about their babies that will act as a memory when they grow up. If you are a new mother, keeping a baby memory book can be fun. As you must have expected, there are several different kinds of baby memory books available.
The small semi- soft cover photo album types are quite popular. They will let you store snap shots of your child every month. In these, you can also keep mementos of your child, like its first curls, its scalp cap, hair ribbons or bows, a squashed bootie, etc. These typically come with a soft cover.
The next popular variety is the hard- covered larger baby memory books. Not only can you store your baby’s photos in these, you can also fill out the answers to questions relating to your baby in them. It is a lot of fun to do and will serve as a wonderful hobby for parents.
Parents have been known to store much more than their baby’s photos in baby memory books. Following are other popular items that make their way into such scrapbooks.
Newspaper announcements about baby’s birth
Fun coloring pages
Any silly yet cute craft made by baby
Greeting cards gifted by friends, co- workers and other family members
The baby’s first shoe
List of books mother reads for baby
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