50 Priceless Memories to Record in Your Baby Book

When you're in the thick of those first few months, it seems impossible for a mom to ever forget that first moment she saw her baby, that baby's first laugh, first time sitting up . . . but time passes, life gets in the way, and memories fade. And that's when the beauty of the baby book comes into play. Whether you choose to document your child's first year in an old-fashioned book, an intuitive app, or simply by jotting down memories in a notebook, we're here to help inspire meaningful entries. Here, 50 moments of baby's first year that are worth writing down.

01

The Day We Found Out


02

How Mom Told Dad


03

The First Time We Laid Our Eyes on You

04

How We Shared Our Pregnancy News

05

Mom's Pregnancy Musings

06

What Mom Craved During Pregnancy


07

What We Did on Your Due Date (Were We Waiting, Were You Here Already?)


08

Your Delivery Story


09

Our Reactions the First Time We Saw You

10

Who Was at the Hospital


11

The Essentials (Your Weight, Height, and Time of Birth)


12

A Play-by-Play of Your First Day on Earth


13

Your Homecoming


15

Your First Visitors


16

Your First Smile


17

How Your First Doctor's Visit Went


18

Mom's "Aha!" Moment Tricks


19

First Outings


20

When You Rolled From Your Belly to Your Back


22

Your First Sounds


23

The (Inevitable) First Diaper Disaster


24

Mom and Dad's First Night Out


25

Dad's Biggest Surprises About Fatherhood


26

Mom's Biggest Surprises About Motherhood


27

Your First Babysitter


29

When You Started Sitting on Your Own


30

When You Got Your First Tooth

31

The Things That Made You LOL


32

Your First Friends


33

First Foods You Loved

34

And Those You Could Have Done Without


36

Your First Swim


37

First Family Vacation


38

Your Eye Color (at 3, 6, 9, 12 months)


39

Your Hair Color (at 3, 6, 9, 12 months)


40

When You Started Crawling


41

When You First Pulled Yourself Up


43

Your First Words


44

Your First Pet


45

The Things That Made You Happy


46

And the Ones That Made You Sad


47

All of Your Funny, Sweet Moments


48

Your Most Loved Lovey


50

Your First Birthday!