I had the best of intentions when my son was born about documenting his life not only in his baby book but also through journaling. I have a cousin who has written many, many letters to her daughter since she was born. Those letters are going to be such a treasure to that little girl someday. I bought a sweet little journal and a brand new pen when my son was born and couldn’t wait to get started.
Well, the reality of motherhood set in and 4 (no, make that almost 5) years later, I have yet to start. Even his baby book has lots of blanks where important things should have been filled in by now. I have so much I want to say to him and just haven’t made the time to do it yet. I suppose in some ways this blog has been helpful in documenting some of his milestones and experiences, so I don’t feel completely like a failure. However, we received a huge shipment of journals in the bookstore the other day and it only reminded me that I have yet to do this.
So, I’m curious. How do you document your child’s milestones? Do you journal, use the baby book, your blog, or just have a darn good memory? None of the above? It’s totally ok if it’s none of the above…I mean, you see how much documenting I’ve accomplished since my son was born.
OK, I don't feel like such a horrible Mother now. LOL I too have a baby book that is not filled out. I feel like a total failure for not doing it correctly.
I did once hear about a Mom who would write milestones/adorable things her kids did on whatever scrap of paper was handy and put them all in a box to be sorted and written in a baby book/journal someday. I thought it was a brilliant idea and meant to start doing that myself, but…I forgot. Or I got busy. Or life got in the way.
I am glad I am not the only Mother who has failed at the baby book thing. LOL
I feel better now. I would be ecstatic if Martha Stewart would shut up and stop setting such high, unattainable goals for us women and Mothers. LOL
When NHL was born (6 yrs ago) I started his baby book. I wrote everything down, put photos in it. Then he turned one and I went back to teaching. That is about the last time I really worked on any of the photo albums or books. I bought a baby book for JSL, but never touched it (he's 2 1/2 now). So the answer is I have about a year of one child written and at age almost 4 I started blogging about him, pregnancy and then the little guy. I think a lot of this is the digital age. When people were forced to print photos they kept up with things.