Preview of Baby Books for Busy Moms

For those of you who weren’t able to attend the workshop Baby Books for Busy Moms on the weekend, here’s one suggestion for keeping track of all of the cute, funny, annoying and funny things your little one is doing: create an email account where you can send messages about your child. Instead of finding the baby book, and then finding the right place to note your observation, send a quick email to your child. For example, you could write:

Dear Munchkin, Today you were playing with blocks with your daddy, and he showed a picture of an apple. He said, “apple” and you replied, “a–pull.” You repeated your new word over and over, and it always sounded like it had two syllables. You were so proud of yourself! We were surprised you picked up a new word so quickly. We are always excited to see you learning new things and figuring out how the world works. Love Mommy.

You could also provide the email address to your spouse or partner, and other family members so they could contribute too. You could also send copies of all those baby pictures and messages you send to family members to this address so they would all be saved together. The email program will also automatically date each message, so you’ll know exactly when it was sent. There are probably ways for sharing your messages with friends and family members, too. Post a comment if you have any other suggestions.

After I thought of this idea, I found another blog with a posting about this same idea. The author shares how he uses gmail for this purpose, and he offers some suggestions for saving your messages too.

If you are looking for other ideas about how to record all the important moments in your child’s life, check out the workshop, Baby Books for Busy Moms. This workshop looks at why we feel we need to keep track of our baby’s development, what we really want to record, and how we can fit it into our busy lives, so we don’t miss anything important. This is not a workshop about scrapbooking, and you don’t need to have a baby book to come. It is a workshop that would be of interest to moms and moms-to-be. The activities in the workshop, and the strategies for record keeping, would also be relevant to moms with school age children too. Here’s the workshop schedule. I can also present a workshop to your moms’ group at a time and place that are convenient to you.  Please contact me to find out how to arrange an in-home workshop.