Tips on What to Keep in Your Baby Keepsake Box

A question asked often is - What can I store inand fingers
my baby keepsake box? More and more new9) First bootees
mums are realising the importance of storing all10) First baby suit to show how small they were
their babys' special memories and recording their11) Inoculation cards
milestones in a baby keepsake box. As your child12) Cardboard height chart
grows there will be many questions askedwhich, if13) Baby mittens
you rely on your memory alone, you probably will14) Birth Certificate
not be able to remember. What time was I born?15) Scan Photos
Where was I born? etc. etc. It is not only16) First Christmas photographs
important to record all these details in a baby17) First Birthday Photographs
record book but to keep that book safe,18) Special family videos on DVD - Birth,
together with the hospital tag, newborn photos,Christmas, Birthday
birth cards and gift tags, all in one place.19) A special message of your voice recorded on
We all know how easy it is to lose those firstCD
photographs or remember his or her first words20) A special message from you recorded with
and here are a few tips of what other peoplevideo
store in their baby keepsake boxes.21) First drawing bought home from the nursery
1) Hospital Tag22) Lock of his first hair cut
2) Baby Record Book23) Dummy (given to the fairy)
3) Copy of the newspaper on the day your baby24) Newspaper Cuttings (Baby competition!)
was bornOlder children do not remember anything from
4) CD of the top of the singles chart on the daythose early days and you will be able to 'paint a
your baby was bornpicture' of life whilst they were a baby so these
5) Those first newborn photographstips are just a few ideas on what to store in your
6) Gift Tags from first Baby Presentsbaby keepsake box which will help you answer all
7) Birth Cardsthose questions from your child in later years.
8) Hand print and Footprint of babys' tiny toes