Author: Mindy Zeigler

When I got pregnant I started looking through baby books.  I saw that my own baby book wasn’t completely filled out and neither were my sibling’s books.  I decided I wanted to be organized and keep my children’s baby books up to date.  I made a template for my book in Microsoft Word and I fill it out in my own handwriting.  I think my children will like to see what my handwriting looks like.  I started with pregnancy sheets to keep track of each month of pregnancy.  Then when they were born I started filling out their baby book pages.  I keep it updated monthly until they are two years old then I switch to every six months.  It keeps track of things they have accomplished, or silly things they’ve done or said.  It has a page for things that I hope I never forget about them as well as monthly notes about things they are learning and doing and their likes and dislikes.  I really treasure these books and I keep all the pages in page protectors in their own notebooks.

Here is a copy of my pregnancy and baby book pages you can download:

Pregnancy worksheets

Baby Book worksheets

My daughter loves to go to the library.  I purchased an inexpensive tote bag and used iron on transfer paper to add the photo and the words, “Ella’s Library Books.”  She loves having her own bag to carry to the library and fill with books.  At home, she keeps the books in her bag which keeps us from searching the house for lost library books.  I also limit her to 6 books she can check out at a time.  I do this so we always know she has 6 books and they are kept in the library bag.