Documenting Bump to Baby
Commemorating your pregnancy journey, the birth of your newborn, and the first year of life is something all families look forward to. Finding time can be difficult when you’re busy getting ready for baby and trying to document all of your baby’s firsts can feel overwhelming. However with the help of modern day services, digital baby books have become the new ‘go-to’ for noting and saving those precious moments! Take a look at some of our favorite ways to document your pregnancy and your baby’s wonderful milestones.
Go Digital
My Family App
Available on all smartphones and tablets, this interactive app is the perfect way to remember all of your baby’s firsts! With its storybook setup it organizes all of your favorite photos or videos by your babies age, providing a wonderful way to watch them grow. Check it out here.
Blurb
Create beautiful personalized baby albums in no time with this easy to use website! Blurb offers many different printing services and with their most popular option, you can effortlessly make photo books that will help you remember your pregnancy and newborns first year forever. This interface makes it easy to upload your favorite images into their variety of customized designs, cutting out the hassle of trying to do it yourself.
Treasured
Mark all of the unforgettable milestones throughout your pregnancy and birth with the help of this unique online resource. Treasured allows you to organize and store all of your favorite memories into private, secure boxes within a cloud that can be shared with selected friends and family. Instantly upload your favorite images and texts to your box and begin saving all of your babies big events. Treasured also gives you the ability to easily turn your digital memory boxes into books, making it simple for those who may want to create physical memorabilia!
Guided Journals
When We Became Three
This one-of-a-kind memory book that documents mom and dad’s journey through pregnancy, as well as the baby’s first and second year. This interactive book asks parents fun, clever questions and allows for growth between your new role as co-parents! Click here to order your copy.
The Total Package
For those who want to create a hands-on scrapbook but still want a bit of structure, this option is perfect for you! With guided writing prompts and space to insert photographs, you can remember every bit of your baby’s birth and beyond. Click here to get started on customizing your baby book!
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Say Cheese!
Make your baby’s images standout with these cute photo props! With the help of monthly milestone blankets you can document your baby’s growth along with their age in a very unique way. Capturing your baby develop month by month is a special part of parenting and a great way to create memories that will last forever. You can also use age blocks to create adorable pictures and make them standout.
Keepsakes
Hold on to precious mementos from your babies birth in a creative way with the help of these different ideas! Whether it be their hospital band or their tiny socks, keepsakes are a great way to remember the birth of your newborn and can help you cherish the time when they were little. A few of our favorites include a baby handprint kit that can help you look back on just how tiny they were, a personalized baby keepsake box to save precious souvenirs from their first year, or a homemade memory jar that can be filled with some of your favorite memories.
10 Tips for Newborn Photography
If you’re interested in learning more about how you can get that perfect shot of your newborn, check out our other blog post that includes some useful tips!