Scrapbooking For Your Baby's Future - 9 Must-Do Tips

[Earl Kelly]

Memories are what keeps a person or a moment alive. Long after a loved
one has passed over we remind our self of how special they were to us
through mental flashbacks or photos or videos etc.
The same can be said for occasions. How many times have you pulled out
the school photos or wedding photos to reminisce about a favorite time
or occasion?
It is for this reason that scrapbooking for your baby's future is such
a fantastic idea, especially for all you expectant Moms out there now.
Imagine your child's scrapbook starting with pictures and comments
from the day the doctor gave you and your partner the news you were
expecting.
How about photos of your first and subsequent ultra scan. Imagine
juniors joy in seeing him or herself inside Mommy's tummy or a picture
of Mommy standing side on accentuating her big tummy. We are talking
about the complete journey here.
You could break the scrapbook up into chapters and have a pre-birth
chapter. A chapter for years 0-1 and so on.
Some important moments to capture for the scrapbook could be:
1. Get a hand print at various stages of the child's life.
2. Include some small gifts you received from the baby shower etc.
3. Baby's first haircut. A snip of hair adds reality to the scrapbook.
4. Ensure you get photos of the baby with as many relatives as
possible. There will probably come a time one or more shall pass over
before your child has really got to know them so by including these,
that persons memory is just a glance away for your child.
5. Include your pets. It is a fact that we all remember our pets as
kids and having a photo of the child and their pet of the time
confirms their relationship with the animal.
6. Include photos of your house. if you move a few times during
childhood, they will have the photos to remember joyous times by.
7. List their xmas presents they receive each year. They will love it.
8. Write the words to that special song that Daddy sings to them at
night. Chances are Dad and Junior will be still singing it well into
the child's development because it signifies special times and the
bond they share.
9. A brief Family Tree. If possible, include 4 generations from each
side and try to be as specific as possible.
This list can be as long or as short as you want it to be. Be
imaginative. Look around your house and objects or moments will flash
into your mind. Think of what, as a kid, you would have liked to have
kept as a memento. Limitless ideas come to those that explore.
Remember, this is a lifelong keepsake for your child. Long term, you
want them to be sitting down going through the scrapbook with their
grandchildren.
(What a thought Huh?)
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