6 Ways to Document Baby's First Year Milestones
Baby's first year is a milestone itself, but who doesn't love all those little mini wonderful moments throughout. From first crawl to first birthday party, those initial sleepless nights are an insignificant blip compared to all the lovely memories you have of your sweet little one.
Technology makes it easy to capture all of those moments these days, but we're head over heels for the traditional and tangible ways of remembering life's sweetest moments, so from pregnancy journals to time capsules, we gathered our 7 favorite ways of documenting those memories of baby's first year.
Allie Edwards reminds us that remembering the details doesn't have to be complicated. Documenting the size of your sweet newborn when you bring him or her home is as simple as using a binder clip to hold their onesie in place in a scrapbook.
An easy way to see how much baby has grown is to take one photo every week or every month in the same place (and if possible, the same outfit). Put all your photos together, print and frame, for a cute timeline of just how fast they really do grow up.
via Simply Bloom Photography
This beautifully designed 'welcome baby' book is gender neutral and makes a great baby shower gift! The pages are filled with sweet prompts for the parents to fill out. There's a place for saving a snip of baby's hair, writing letters about the anticipation of baby and more.
We love this soft fabric scrapbook from SouleMama for her baby's first birthday. The soft and colorful pages filled with photographs of her loved ones are a fun and engaging way to teach baby as he or she grows!
A classic and simple way to document baby's first year is to make a little time capsule holding special every day items that were used during the first year such as the newspaper published on the day your baby was born, their first pair of shoes, their favorite stuffed toy, and other treasured mementos.
via Martha Stewart
Technology makes it easy to capture all of those moments these days, but we're head over heels for the traditional and tangible ways of remembering life's sweetest moments, so from pregnancy journals to time capsules, we gathered our 7 favorite ways of documenting those memories of baby's first year.
1. Journal through your pregnancy and birth.
Amanda, owner of The Lady Okie Blog, decided to journal her pregnancy as a way to prepare for her first baby. We love the idea of continuing through baby's first year.
2. Scrapbook special items baby will eventually outgrow - like their first onesie
Allie Edwards reminds us that remembering the details doesn't have to be complicated. Documenting the size of your sweet newborn when you bring him or her home is as simple as using a binder clip to hold their onesie in place in a scrapbook.
3. Baby's First Year Collage - photo every week or month
An easy way to see how much baby has grown is to take one photo every week or every month in the same place (and if possible, the same outfit). Put all your photos together, print and frame, for a cute timeline of just how fast they really do grow up.
via Simply Bloom Photography
4. Welcome Baby Book
This beautifully designed 'welcome baby' book is gender neutral and makes a great baby shower gift! The pages are filled with sweet prompts for the parents to fill out. There's a place for saving a snip of baby's hair, writing letters about the anticipation of baby and more.
5. Create a baby soft fabric book for his or her first birthday
We love this soft fabric scrapbook from SouleMama for her baby's first birthday. The soft and colorful pages filled with photographs of her loved ones are a fun and engaging way to teach baby as he or she grows!
6. Baby Time Capsule
A classic and simple way to document baby's first year is to make a little time capsule holding special every day items that were used during the first year such as the newspaper published on the day your baby was born, their first pair of shoes, their favorite stuffed toy, and other treasured mementos.
via Martha Stewart
Aug 7th 2015
