The Modern Baby Book
Baby Love Letters was born from the desire to leave a story for my children. At 8 and 12, their baby books were pretty much empty and there was no going back. But they were still growing and doing fun and memorable things. So how do you make sure to record both the baby years and beyond, and with what time?
Since I now shower regularly I decided that I had time to write letters to them. These letters would be a nice replacement to the empty baby book years….until I discovered that even for a writer, writing the letters was tedious and I felt like I didn’t know what to say.
Motherhood is always filled with answers though, and on a road trip I was suddenly inspired - I would make mad-libs-style letters that anyone could fill out in a few minutes and add them to the box - perfect for toddlerhood AND teenagerland.
I would also include simple writing prompts - and finally a bunch of Thank You notes because it was very easy for me to be grateful to my kids. They had brought so much joy and love into my life and a letter of gratitude never was as hard as the blank page.
So many people tell you to enjoy every minute with your babies before they grow - and well, looking back I do miss their little faces but in the moments where I could barely figure out laundry and dinner if you told me to enjoy the moments NO that would have not gone down so great for you - so the idea of writing letters or long entries in a baby book HA!
But I could have definitely thrown a few things in a memory box 😂 And when I was feeling a little extra maybe write a short loving note. And so that’s the story of how I designed Baby Love Letters — to be a modern take on the baby book. This is not a sprint after all its a marathon and the memories don’t stop when they head off to school.
There are pretty pieces of stationery for that note you will write after 5th-grade graduation and the one on their 13th birthday. And while things are hairy, use one of the supplied prompts, write a short thank-you note, or just throw their preschool diploma or baby teeth (ew? 🤷🏼♀️) inside. And as they grow up the box will grow with you.
Obviously, Baby Love Letters make a great shower gift, duh - but buy it for yourself because you need a place for all those memories too!
