Any and every occasion can get recorded in a scrapbook that you will have fun watching and recollecting later on in life; after all, every day is special with your baby and family.
A Baby Scrapbooking Idea
Here are a few ideas for your baby's scrapbook:
1. Start your book with pictures of your showers, while you were pregnant, and early ultrasound photos. These are a few great ways to kick off your scrapbook.
2. Dr.'s visits and the actual delivery day.
3. Visitors at the hospital, the nurses, and doctor who were present the day you gave birth to your baby.
4. The day of your baby's birth. Enclude picture of family member holding the baby for the first time. This is a perfect time to get a generational picture with those who come to see you.
5. For the first year you can take a picture every day and gradually show the changes in the baby and/or what cute things he/she did everyday.
6. The "firsts" First day at home, first holidays, first haircut, first bath, first smile, first steps, and first birthday.
7. The impressions of his/her hands, feet, or lips.
Here are Some Scrapbook Decorating Options
1. These can be as cute and funny whole capturing as many feelings and memories in the process. When you look back over the years, it should be able to tell the stories and give you a glimpse into the past. Capture this with the picture you choose and the journaling.
2. Use sticker, brads, and ribbons as decoration. Keep trinkets and remembrances of the season or event such as wrapping paper from Birthday presents, cards, airline tickets, etc.
3. A bit of the hair from your baby's first haircut.
4. Quotes. Either from a book or of the child's first words or sayings.
5. Writing, journaling your feelings down is something that will be cherished forever by your child.
A idea for your babys scrapbook is something that will come to you when the occasion shows up. Go with what you feel, and that will turn out to be the best idea over time. This book is about feelings and memories, which will live forever and ever to be cherished and passed on.
You never know, your own child may steal your ideas when the time comes, and that will probably make you the proudest mom alive. Take your time creating your scrapbooks, you will definitely have fun going through it over the years.
