Baby Record Book Ideas

Organizing the Information

• Organize your baby's record book month by month for the first year of life. This is an easy way to organize photos, milestones and information without being overwhelmed. Buy twelve large envelopes from the shipping supply aisle at your local retail store and label each one "Baby's First Month", "Baby's Second Month", etc. When you print new photos, put the photos in the correct envelope. When your baby reaches a milestone (rolling over, sitting up, sleeping through the night, getting a tooth, etc), you can scribble down the milestone and the date directly on the envelope. This will make it easy for you to sit down and put together a baby memory and record book when you have time and you will not have forgotten anything important that happened.

  When you have time, put together scrap book pages of all the information. If you do not like scrapbooking, or you aren't artistic, the pages can be very simple. Just be sure to use photo-safe paper and glue so that your pictures are protected. You can write information or type it out and print it. Then attach the information to your book pages.

Photos

• An important part of a baby record book is photographs. A record book is not quite the same as a photo album, though. You do not have to include every picture you take of your child in the record book, only the important ones.

  Include a photo of each milestone. Take pictures of your baby attempting to crawl, roll over and walk. Take pictures of important moments, like your baby's first time traveling to visit his grandparents or his first time in a swimming pool. Record all those firsts and add them to the book.

Other Details

• After each doctor's visit, record your baby's weight and length in the record book. Write down anything important that happened at the visit that you may want to remember in the future, such as "Doctor says baby is growing well and hitting milestones early!"

  Type up your baby's birth story. Make the story and a photo of the baby at birth the first page of the record book. Someday your child will be interested in the story of how he was born and it will be a treasured memory for him to have as an adult.

  Include hospital bracelets, plane tickets and other trinkets from the first year in the record book. If your baby gets a haircut during the first year, include a piece of her hair.

  If your baby travels often with you, include a "passport" page of the different states your child has visited. If she gets out of state visitors, include records and photos of the visits.

  You can also include historical information for your baby. You can cut out newspaper clippings of important events going on in the world or in your local community. You can record things like the cost of gas the day your child was born and what the most popular television show was that week.