Best baby books? – Reader Q+A

8 responses to “Best baby books? – Reader Q+A”

1. complainypants

   Mar 19, 2011 at 2:58 pm

   These are all drool worthy, of course! But I have to say my go-to shower gift is this: https://www.amazon.com/Hallmark-BBA3706-Month-Sticker-Calendar/dp/B001XT3YZ0 Not as cool. Not as designer, but a useful and affordable cute choice!

   Available in girl/boy or neutral themes, inside has a spot for one or two pictures and comes with a plethora of stickers (“1st Veggie!”, “2Months!”, etc). If all else is failing, this hanging on the wall beside your glider/rocker with a nice pen stuck in the spiral makes it easy to at least jot a few things down while you nurse or you are stuck under a sleeping baby. I find the baby “book” with too many things to write overwhelming. Done these for both my boys now and I loved flipping through the months of my first’s when I had my second “When did I start using the bumbo with your brother?! Ohhhh!”. Helpful and easy!

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2. Jim Simoninski

   Mar 20, 2011 at 1:59 pm

   This is perhaps a little more more work but I think a very cute idea. The gift-giver uses photos of the child, family, toys, pets, etc and writes a story about the child. The children love photos and of course any story about themselves and their family. It can be done from so many viewpoints so is repeatable and comes in hard and soft cover versions for different price points. It is certainly a treasure to be preserved for future generations.

   For new customers, they will even do one for free.

   https://blog.lifecaptured.com/bid/41468/Share-the-Love-with-Personalized-Baby-Books

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3. SAM

   Mar 21, 2011 at 10:46 am

   I picked up a copy of “Guess how much I love you” baby book from the book store the other day. What I liked about it is that it is not very long and does not require that much information. I am a busy working mom and judging by the look of our first girl’s baby book, I will not take much time to fill it out. I would love for it to look pretty and modern, but amount of informaiton has to be my top criteria. https://www.amazon.com/Guess-How-Much-Love-You/dp/0763619094/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1300718734&sr=8-4

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4. Carrie

   Mar 21, 2011 at 4:04 pm

   What about a baby book for home-birth or non-vaxing mamas?
   I’ve looked at as many books as I can get my hands on, (not a lot in the rural midwest) and everything is full of information I just don’t use – ultrasound photos, various hospital tests or vaccination forms…

   What’s out there for us alternative-minded parents, but with some of the ease of “fill in the blank” books?

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5. Cool Mom Picks

   Mar 21, 2011 at 5:24 pm

   Carrie, the books we’ve recommended here are great for any mama and very broad in terms of the prompts–more about milestones you want to remember than keeping a record of vaccinations.

   Another favorite is the Petite Collage memory book/box and the Amazon page lists all of the page content. First bath, first haircut…no first DT booster!

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6. Leslie

   Mar 25, 2011 at 2:36 pm

   Carrie Rag and Bone Bindery (featured above) has another baby book that is customizable. While they cannot change the words on each page, they are more than willing to remove certain pages before binding and insert blank pages if you need them. I worked with them directly to create a baby book for our son who was stillborn and they simply could not have been more kind or supportive of meeting our needs. I highly recommend them.

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7. Jill

   Mar 25, 2011 at 2:56 pm

   Thanks, these are great. FYI, last time I checked, it’s still 2011!

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8. Brent Miller

   Sep 11, 2012 at 9:45 am

   We got this Baby Book in a Box Memory Keepsake Organizer as a gift for our daughter Lia. It’s turned out to be the best baby gift we got. We use it like a recipe box — we write down memories and then file them away. The box is good looking and my wife keeps it on a shelf by her desk.

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