creative ways to document baby’s first year
If you haven’t already, I highly suggest you visit Mila’s Daydreams, the adorable blog where uber-creative mom Adele Enersen crafts whimsical dreamscapes around her daughter Mila as she sleeps. What a great way to record an infant’s first year! Over at Young House Love, the Youngsters have been recording their daughter Clara’s growth through colorful weekly updates with numbered onesies in their Flickr stream. I love clicking through and seeing her progress – those first months are so fleeting! They grow up so fast and these inspiring documentaries are motivators for me to put effort into creatively recording my little one’s first years, whenever he or she decides to arrive in the distant future. What do you think, readers? Have any crafty techniques to share? – Sarah C.
I never ceased to be amazed by other people’s creativity. If only I were a fraction as creative as they are!
Oh that is so cute. We took a photo of our daughter Isadora, everyday, then made a video out of it. We did the same thing during my pregnancy. I can’t watch either of them without crying.
Angela that is amazing! Seems so worth it -I’m always amazed by how quickly they grow – it must be really nice to have that record. I’m sure Isadora will treasure it like you do.
I’m just amazed that people can do that–I hardly had the energy to shower at first! And then I had to go back to work only four weeks after my daughter came home (she spent her first month in the NICU.) Once I was working, there just wasn’t time for that sort of thing, I was lucky to keep the place vacuumed.