baby book?

[First1221]

anyone have a recommendation for a baby book? Not a big scrap book but just a place where I can record/write down some things about my son's first year or so. Looking for something not overly "babyish"......

[Anonymous]

someone bought me a really beautiful blank book that i've used as a place to write things about my son in. i just start a new page for each month. for the first twelve months i wrote every month, with milestones, things that had gone on in our lives. now i go through spurts of recording events, funny things, milestones...i forgot to write some months but then i try to catch up. i kind of like doing it this way...seems more personal than a pre-organized book.

just a thought

[Anonymous]

I use a desk calendar for each of my kids. I buy a new one each year (a calendar year one for my spring baby, an academic one for my fall baby). I just write down things on the date that they happened - stats from dr's visits, first tooth, cute things they say, etc. I even kept nap logs during some insane sleepless periods with my first that were fun to look over when my 2nd went through the same thing. Since it's not a "baby" book, I've kept it going for 3+ years for my eldest. She now goes to Staples with me to pick it out, which mean's this year's design is psychedelic with unicorns on it. I made a note of that in the book, so years later she doesn't think I was crazy!

[Anonymous]

Halllmark and relgious bookstores carry baby books to record milestones, write notes, tape pictures, etc. My mom got me one for DD.

My MIL bought be a baby calendar too (1st and 2nd year) to write or mark with stickers (that come with it) like first doc. appt, first tooth (sticker of tooth), etc. on the actual day.

Both are really cute and not overly baby-ish

[Anonymous]

I bought a pretty one from Nordstrom on-line (I haven't seen them in stores). Nice with lots of pages to record things - not too many prepopulated with "baby's first XX" on them.

[Anonymous]

www.babysakes.com has some interesting ones although probably more traditional. i like the idea of the ones where you can type the text on-line, then print it out and place it in the book (perfect for people like me who hate cross outs!)

[Anonymous]

There is a great book/journal from Pottery Barn Kids.