Baby book

United States
December 14, 2006 9:18pm CST
I want to make a baby book for my twins on the way. Does anyone have some good advice on how to make one, and what to add in it? Never done one before and need some good ideas, thanks in advance
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@Bunny2 (2102)
• Australia
15 Dec 06
Bunny2 - Bunny2
I have one that was given to me as a gift. It's for one baby but i filled it in for the two of them. There are places for the ultrasound photos. Birth data such as name, birthweight, time of birth, length, etc. Then there are different pages for different milestones - so weight, length, etc at 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 4 weeks, 2 months, etc. When they complete milestones such as crawling, standing, sleeping through the night, first word, first tooth, etc. There is also provisions for photos. And alsodescriptions of what they do and who they most look like. It can take a bit of time to compete and I wish I'd had more time to keep it complete. But what's there is always fun to read over:) Good luck!
• United States
15 Dec 06
thanks for the great advice
• United States
15 Dec 06
start with keeping everything from the beginning of the pregnancy appointment cards ultr sound pictures everything and keep a journal of everyday every dr visit and continue this even after there born to what ever age you want to stop.
• United States
15 Dec 06
thanks for your advice
@wvchell78 (564)
• United States
15 Dec 06
I made a scrapbook with my youngest baby. I made it in a small brag book that has the binder type rings. I just cut the pages to fit. I took my ultrasound photos to a copy shop and had them made smaller to fit. I have photos of when I was pregnant and also of his birth day. In your case you will have to make two. I wish you luck with your pregnancy. Congrats!
• United States
15 Dec 06
thanks, I have so many ultra sound photos, good idea for them.
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
15 Dec 06
babies - 2 babies
With the scrapbooking things they have these days you could really do a lovely book, do one that is contiuous and add little things when they finfis with them to decorate the pages or start a special box for each of them and save some of their things to give to them on the 21st birthday, like a time capsual.
• United States
15 Dec 06
Oh! great idea I like the time capsual idea, thanks
@bam001 (940)
• United States
15 Dec 06
I think this is an awesome idea. I think I would start with a scrapbook kit. There are some really nice ones with baby themes. Using this idea, you could add pages as needed. You could have a special page just for the prenatal stuff...like maybe ultrasound pictures. Then, you could have a page just for the day of their birth, and maybe a page for you on the day of their birth. The scrapbook approach will make the baby book 100% customized. If there are special days that you want to preserve, you could just add a page. I think the last scrapbook I bought was about $20. Themed kits run from around $5 up to about $25. I gave a scrapbook and several scrapbook items as a baby gift not to long ago. I started with the basic book and a small baby themed kit. I added a few pages of scrapbook paper (for making customized pages) and some stickers. I also had several pictures of the mom and new baby that I had made with my digital camera. Also, adhesives and a few die cuts rounded out the gift.
• United States
15 Dec 06
Great ideas, thanks