My Baby Book: Keepsake Journal First Year

This book has been so fun and easy to use. My baby girl is almost 9 months already and the pages are so easy to fill out that I haven't missed writing down a single event. I love keepsakes and memory stuff, but I'm terrible at journaling and scrap booking. This book is perfect cause it captures all the important details without taking up too much time or effort. Bonus is that it's gender neutral and still really cute.It has a short section for pregnancy and birth stuff (baby shower, family history, the birth and the first couple weeks)Then the next section is for the first year. There's a spot for a picture from that month and stats and other details can be written below. At 3, 6 and 12 months they have an extra section called exclusive interview where you can go into a little more detail about that stage of their life. (sample questions - What's the best piece of parenting advice you've received so far? Have you been having date nights yet? What are some of your favorite things to do together?) The section ends with 4 1/2 pages for 12 months and birthday information and pictures.The third and final section is the gallery of firsts where it has a separate page for a picture and details about the event. Some of these include: holidays, seasons, bath, first words, first big trip. And then pages to jot down the dates next to milestones such as: First time playing peek-a-boo, first time giving a kiss, first time crawled, first steps, first time eating solid food, first words, first tooth (although there isn't a tooth chart :( )first laugh and lots lots more!The book ends with a couple pages where mom and dad can write a letter to baby. And then a page for baby to write in when they are all grown up.You will not be disappointed with this book! So fun. So easy to use. And memories that will last a lifetime.

I bought this book when my son was born, and it promptly got buried under a never-ending pile of laundry, not to be seen again until a few months ago...and he is almost two. I hadn't even written his name in it. I strongly considered just giving it as a baby gift to someone else, since I was clearly never going to get around to starting it, much less finishing it. But a few weeks ago, in the spirit of this no-pressure book (which gave me permission to skip questions and fudge the date of his first smile, etc.) I decided to give it a go. And with a few hours of work, I actually completed the whole thing!This book is darling and light-hearted. I felt like it covered the bases as far as a baby book goes without being overwhelming (or guilt-inducing). I liked that it was broken into three sections, which prevented me from getting stalled out with the details of my son's fifth month. Most importantly, even sleep-deprived new parents could get this thing done. The main section has a place for one picture and a few stats/questions for each month, which took no time to fill out. Even two years later I could easily piece together the pages about my son's birth and few weeks. I am so happy I decided to keep this book!My one complaint is that the small, rounded pages--while cute--didn't hold many pictures or memorabilia (in spite of the suggestions to put those things on the pages). But since the point of this book is to keep you from overdoing it, I probably can't fuss too loudly about that.

Words cannot express how much I love this baby book (and the pregnancy one: The Belly Book: A Nine-Month Journal for You and Your Growing Belly (Potter Style))! I even bought another one of each when I was having my second child. It is so easy to complete, while still having some really meaningful sections. It looks really bright and cute and homemade when done, more like a scrapbook (which may be a negative for some folks). My toddler actually really loves looking through his and asks me to "read" it to him often.There's a section for a photo for each month up to a year, and a section of "firsts" including each season and holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving. I also like that instead of just having a "My First Christmas" section like many baby books, it instead has "My First Big Holiday," a non-denominational family holiday emphasis, as well as a "My First Holiday Card" page, which is perfect for an inter-faith family (and much more inclusive than other baby books). They do have a "Godparents" page, though. Each page fits about a 4x5 vertical picture (though you need to crop to more of a 3x5 vertical. My only negative would be the section on meeting family for both parents is only one page, so you can only get 2 horizontal or maybe 2-4 smaller vertical pictures on it (which is unfortunate if you are from a big family).

Super cute baby book!! This book has all the right prompts and space for pictures and fun facts and information about month to month baby changes and facts. It is absolutely perfect. I bought this to go with my matching “the belly book” by the same author. So now I have one for my son the entire time I was Pregnant and now this one for him for birth to a year and all of his “firsts” in between. I also have the matching “Birthday Book” which is a yearly keepsake journal for birthdays. I LOVE the layout and ease of this book and the memories it holds!! I would highly recommend purchasing this for yourself if you’re pregnant or have a new baby or for any friend or family member who is pregnant!!! Seriously the best keepsake books :)

Very nice book. Well laid out

I will rate all 3 books the same - absolutely lovely. Compared to other products which have either too much info for you to write or not much at all (blank pages!) this is great as a keepsake for your child. It is funny and easy to fill in for a busy parent, doesn't take huge amount of time.

J’adore cet livre. J’avais un autre pour mon premier que j’ai acheté aux US et je cherchais partout en France mais je trouvait pas mon bonheur. Celui ci est adorable et parfait. Très rigolo et mignon, je suis sur que mon fils va aimer quand il est grand !

Good one to start showing your love to your baby. After years when you read it the memories will stay alive.

Fantastic book for recording all those special baby moments. Found it easy to use as had the belly book during pregnancy