A Reader Asks….
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!
October 14th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Put pictures of yourselves. Try to catch each other when you are daydreaming, go to a park and watch the kids play and take pictures of each other watching the kids. Think about the things you look forward to doing with the baby and put pictures of those things in there.
You're brave… I couldn't have done something like this when I was TTC, I'd have been in tears.
Best of luck.
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Charlene
http://www.thebabblingbaby.com
October 14th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
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October 14th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I would start be doing background info on you and your husband. One page about you growing up, one about him, then about both of you as a couple. You can add pictures and stories of family members and very close friends.
You can add journal pages where you both write your thoughts and prayers. You can have a page titled "Wishes for Our Children" You both write a couple things you each want for your future children. There are so many ways you can do this but I recommend taking it one page at a time that way you dont get overwhelmed. The thing about scrapbooks is that their imperfections make them so wonderful and to a future child, you and your husband writing about how much you want a child and all you went through to have him/her wont be boring.
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Instead of making it about your problems having a child, you can start to collect journal entries and such things then add them to a pregnancy scrapbook when it happens.
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October 14th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
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!
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