Scrapbooking Baby

Im making a scrapbook for a baby and i was just wondering what are all the pages in a babys first year book.

I have the sonogram page
hospital pics along with vital stats
average in 2008 (loaf of bread cost, milk, house, car, minimum wage)
meaning of the name
proud friends and family
proud daddy(single new daddy)
growth per month
the many firsts( food, roll over, steps, word, tooth, sleep through the night, haircu, pet)
shower gifts
hand and foot prints
monthly photos
daddies thoughts and emotions on day of arrival
ending with the first birthday

does any one know of any other pages?
christmas is my fav time of year:D:D

grama is getting married too in sept so that should have a page

I think that pretty much covers it. I took ended up taking a picture of a positive pregnancy test! lol I know it sounds stupid. Hubby and I have been TTC for almost 4 yrs! I also had a posted note I wrote the time and date on it when I called to get the blood test result, what the level of hormone I had and the reference # lol (That was before the HPT). Good l

I have been invited to a baby shower. With the invitation, they gave me a blank scrapbook page to decorate. They gave page ideas such as: recipes, advice on being a new parent, scripture verses, helpful hints, ect.

The mother and people attending are very religous, and I don't want to offend them in whatever I put on this page. I thought a poem about a baby would be nice, but probably wouldn't take up much room. I have the front and back of the page to decorate.

Anyone have any ideas?

A poem is a great idea - you could also cut out pictures of babies and moms, share a story or two about good advice your parents gave you (if you can), song lyrics, whatever you think would be fun for her

I need to buy a scrapbook for my baby brother, he's going to be 2, but I don't know if this is right for a baby .

Tommy's toys: http://www.crafterstoybox.com/store/media/4810-9l.jpg

or do u know an album like this, with a picture and a name slot?

Yes, it is perfect. Much better than a baby blue one. He'll keep an interest in it for years.

any short nice quotes or poems on love happiness an family or any other nice things to write thnx
Hodding Carter
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

Carl Sandburg
A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on.

John Bowring
A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

“In my daughters eyes, I can see the future.”
these are some of my favorites but

http://www.quotegarden.com/ is a good source

are there any websites that has nice baby backgrounds & borders to print out for my scrapbook pages?

I use a software called Scrapbook Flair to create scrapbook of my daughters.

The software is FREE. It has powerful features, and is very easy and fun to use. Most stuff I usually have to buy, such as scrapbook templates, embellishments and backgrounds, are FREE at Scrapbook Flair.

The software web site is at http://www.scrapbookflair.com. Go to their download center. They also have designer collections. Scrapbook Flair is the most fun scrapbook sharing community site on the Internet in my opinion.

We are throwing a baby shower for my sister coming up. One of her friends wants us to all make a scrapbook page for the Mother-to-Be. I think it is a great idea, but I don't know where to start. 1) I am much younger and don't have experience with being a mother 2) I don't know what types of things you put on a scrapbook page for a new Mom.

Any Advice or ideas?

Is there new baby advice that I could give to her? If so, what are some ideas?

I would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions!!!!

Thanks!!!
There is 20 of us. We each only get one page and we are going to collaborate it together to make one book.

So I have to make one page, but don't know what to put on it. Pictures, mom to be advice, etc.

Hope this makes sense.

How is she delegating what page you are doing?
I would assume you are making the equivalent of a baby book out of scrap booked pages.
For example: Baby's first day home, Baby's first doctor's visit, First tooth, Baby's room, First birthday.

But if that's what you are doing, you should be choosing ahead of time so as to not have multiple pages for one event.

Talk to her and ask her what a good page for you to do would be. I'm sure she would be happy to help.

A coworker just had a baby boy and I wanted to make her a scrapbook. They are of irish descent. How can I incorporate that into the scrapbook. I don't want to put leprechauns and pots of gold all around. I find that to be kinda stereotypical.

Anyone who is of irish descent know what would be good images or any type of embellishment that I could use?
Thanks

A shamrock background paper in pastel green would be a good start. Any type that has the celtic knot would also be appropriate as would green/gold stripes or something else kind of masculine. You might use: Irish sayings/blessings, the celtic knot symbol, shamrock and thistle (which is Scottish) symbols, the flag of Ireland, the claddagh. Print the blessing around the perimeter of the page or pictures.
Maybe you could design a few extra pages and leave the photo sections blank for the parents to add pictures.
You could make your own celtic knot with yarn or thin ribbon.
You might check at Michael's, Hobby Lobby, JoAnne's, or even Target for celtic page kits.

What kind of headings should I use in a baby scrapbook that I am making at home? ie.. Place of Birth, First Smile, First Holiday etc..

Please tell me all the headings that you have in your book so I could put them in mine!

Thanks!

I made sure to add a page for the aunts and uncles, grandparents, ect., any of the firsts are always a good idea but also important are the things that make you laugh and the cute looks that they make. In my sons scrapbook, working on age four now, I add all the funny things he says and does.
I also add a pocket page to keep things like b-day cards, or on my baby shower page I have an invite to the shower, I kepts pieces of the 1st bday wrap, while we were traveling I got postcards from the different states. Just little momentos to enhance the pictures!

I am making a baby scrapbook,

I want to add these elements:
Birth Announcement
Baby’s name(meaning, origin)
Family tree
Baby Room(bird’s eye view)
Baby’s first book and toy
Halloween
Messages from family and friends
Christening
Message from Mommy
Message from Daddy

I was wondering where I could get ideas for these pages or examples
or if any one has done these maybe some good ideas

thanks for all your help

Its for a girl

I’m a big scrapbooker;

Get a square shaped book - I find these are better. Get one with the clear pages that you slip paper into. It protects the pictures and decorations. I’ll assume you want stereotypical girlyness (I did!)

Get pink paper; patterns, textured, different shades. By stickers! They make everything more fun. You can even get 3D stickers, very cool. Put the birth announcement on the very first page, decorated around it with stickers.

Put the baby’s name, meaning, etc. above the announcement. Write it out on a piece of plain paper and glue it onto the patterned paper.

You can mat the announcement (glue it onto a piece of paper, then glue the whole thing on the base paper) You can mat anything - it makes it look really nice!

Make the family tree on a spread of two pages, and draw a tree! In the branches, write your information.

Baby’s bedroom; draw a diagram and take a few pictures. On the opposite page, take pictures or use stickers for the book and toy.

Halloween - if you have enough pictures, make a two page spread of it. Plenty of pictures - include candy wrappers, it’s cute!

Christening - def. two or more page spread. Plenty of pictures, the program, everything!

Messages from family and friends - two page spread. Decorate with stickers, as straight words can be boring.

Message from parents; next page, accompanied with a picture of the three of you.

Things to Consider Buying:
-Square scrapbook
-patterned, textured, solid paper (pinks)
-Stickers (3D also!)
-glitter pens
-nice pen to write captions
-scissors that cut neat borders!

LOTS OF PICTURES!! Email me if you want - I love to scrapbook!

Ideas for infertility / baby dreams scrapbook?

My husband and I have been trying to have children for five years. We want to put together a nice scrapbook of our thoughts on our future kids, our dreams of parenthood, and also our difficult experiences with infertility. Does anyone have any ideas on what we could put in the scrapbook? I’m having trouble coming up with ideas because this isn’t a case where we have pictures to use, obviously (unless we cut baby pics out of magazines or use vintage images, etc.) But I don’t want it tobe just writing because that’s boring. Also, how do you suppose we should add in our infertility story? I can’t think of how to put it in a book tastefully/artistically. This book has to be very special because it’s not only a stress outlet for us, but something we hope to pass on to our kids (someday) to show them how much we really want them. I’m sure some of you crafty people can come up with good ideas, please

This is a wonderful idea. It sounds like a really good outlet. You should journal your thoughts to put in the book as well as your husband. You could also write letters to your future children and put them in the scrap book. Take a lot of pictures that remind you of what you will do with your children. Also you could scrapbook quotes or song lyrics that remind you of certain moments. Creative Memories is a scrapbooking company and they have books that you can make online. Take pictures of your family now and capture moments that you want to happen for your own child. Good luck to you. I think this is a wonderful idea and it takes a strong person to do it!