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Time really flies. Whoever came up with that phrase was right, time indeed flies. Most parents normally wish they had kept the memories of their kids when the kids are already old. 15 to 30 years from now, you will want to go through these moments together as a family. The best memory book will be there to serve your needs.

The best baby memory book will help you record and store the moments you have been wishing for as a new parent. It will create a wonderful parenting experience and leave that first-hand love you have for your baby forever to be remembered.

Things to look for in a memory book

Prompts and Format

A good memory book should have a good format. It should have a guiding format so that it helps you document in an organized manner. Without a good format, you will most likely throw it away because it will look uninteresting.

It also comes with preference if you are looking for a simple memory book. Look for a format with simplified prompts. If you want to capture every milestone, look for one with lots of prompts. It all depends on you.

Customization

Preference is still the key here. Sometimes parents want to create a memory book from their own perspective and intuition. If you are a busy parent, you will definitely require a memory book that is already customized for you.

If in case you will have plenty of time with your little one, a good memory book will be one that will give you time to customize the way you want it to appear.

Ability to add plenty of pictures and photos

You must agree with me that pictures are the best way to capture memories. They will give a detailed connection between the real event and the memory stored in your mind. A memory book with endless options to pin or store photos alongside written information will be the perfect one for you.

Pockets

There are items that you will need to store alongside the photos and the written information. Things like hospital bracelets, wristbands and foot or handprints, hair locks among others. You should, therefore, look for a memory book with enough pockets to keep these precious items in one place with other important memories.

Durability

Even the best books cannot stand the test of time if they are not made of high archival quality papers. A memory book with acid and lignin free pages will last long. The longer the memory book stays, the better it will serve its purpose.

A hard cover and well-glued binders will be great in keeping your baby’s memory book last through the ages.

Story telling format

Good memories are told in stories. Your little one’s memory book should, therefore, have a storytelling format to keep the reader reading it.

3 Tips for making your baby’s memory book interesting

Decide on a style

Some parents have great artistic talents while others don’t. Deciding on which style to use is very important. If you are artistically talented, you will need a scrapbook that features chronological events.

If you are not talented, then you will need to opt to an elaborate creation with detailed captions, photo grids and borders that will guide you along the way.

Organize the memory book

The flow of the story from pregnancy to the first day at school will create a story that people will want to read. Keep it organized, the photos and the written information should be birds of the same feathers. In general, your baby’s memory book should have a chronological flow.

Content

Supplement your baby’s memorable moments with materials like hospital bracelets, hair locks, and wristbands. There should not only be photos and writings. These will add that real time feeling into the story you are telling. Adding extras like congratulations cards will add that extra test and emotion into the memory book.

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