Thursday, July 24, 2008

Preserving Baby's Memories Through Personalized Baby Gifts



Whether you've just had your first baby, or second or third, chances are you'll want to preserve every little detail of her babyhood for beautiful memories with personalized baby gifts. After all, babies grow super fast and your quiet little angel will grow into a playful toddler in just a year's time. As her physical features change, you'll love looking back on what she used to be like.

Thankfully, you have a wide variety of choices as far as personalizing your child's memories go. One of the oldest and most charming ways of preserving baby memories is to preserve baby footprints. Till a few years back most hospitals would give you a little footprint of your baby to take home with you. Although fewer hospitals follow the procedures now, you can easily find readymade gift kits that enable you to create baby handprints and footprints for memories' sake. These baby handprint and footprint gift kits are easy to use, and come with detailed instructions. They are an excellent way for the whole family to get involved.

First time Daddies who might otherwise be too nervous about sharing in baby's day to day caring routine won't have a problem using a personalized baby handprint and baby footprint kit to preserve their bundle of joy's marks on the sands of time. Siblings can also be asked to join in, and this will help alleviate any feelings of jealousy or rivalry.

A personalized baby book is another way to preserve special memories that go beyond taking photographs and pasting them in an album. A personalized baby book allows you to preserve not just photos and capture your thoughts, but also different milestones in her life including her very first word and the date of her first step to mundane activities like baby's first solid food. These also help give an insight into the culture and society baby was born in. For instance, you could note down a popular song at the time baby was born, or a major movie or book that came out, important personalities who were shaping events in the country and around the world and major events that occurred. When your child's old enough to read these baby books and understand these happenings, it will give her a feeling of being rooted in a community that's bigger than her immediate family or circle of friends.

A baby book is also a terrific gift to give your kids when the time comes for them to leave the nest!

Caroline Miller lives in Flemington, NJ with her husband and 3 month old daughter and is an expert contributing author for a luxury
baby gifts boutique offering variety of baby shower favors, baby gift baskets, handprint footprint kits and more. Babygiftstation is also dedicated to providing valuable and informative articles on childcare, baby safety tips, pregnancy health, parenting training and more.
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