Customer Reviews

Carter's Bound Keepsake Memory Book of Baby's First 5 Years, Laguna

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4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(0)
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I found this book cute and a nice quality, but has some prompts that I do not want. I have been struggling to find the perfect record book for my 2nd son. Although you can find so much more online, it is hard to find the right book when you can't flip through the pages and NO ONE offers detailed enough descriptions of the contents of these books. So, I will list every page this book contains. If the prompts fit what you want, I think you will LOVE this book!
1. All About My Mommy, 2. All about my daddy 3.Family Tree + family photo page, 4.Spreading the news (when you found out you were expecting), 5. Anticipation/Preparation (heard heartbeat, felt movement, cravings, weight gain, ultrasound picture), 6.Baby shower + momento/photo page, 7. 2nd showe page + momento/photo page(this is one of the pages I didn't like because I only had one shower - although it is possible to cover up wit photos, etc.) 8. My arrival (labor, delivery, stats, photo) 9. Page for birth certificate and hospital bracelet (my first son's birth cert was 8x10 inches and would not have fit here) 10. hand/footprints 11. Birth announcement/newspaper announcement 12. homecoming description/photo 13. Visitors/gifts 14. Adventures in Parenting (memories of first days from mom & dad 15. What was going on in the world (leaders, popular entertainers, price of gas, etc,) 16. Watch me grow - space to record doctor info/visits 17. immunization chart 18. Page to record Age/weight/height/ percentile info 19. Tooth chart/dental check-ups 20-31. My first - my twelfth month ( space for picture and to record memories and milestones)32. All my firsts (slept through night, smiled, etc) 33. Photo/desciption of first tooth & first steps 34. photo/description of bathtime & mealtime messes 35. before/After photos + description of first haircut 36. My first vacation + travel photo page 37. holidays and celebrations + photo page (another page I did not like - only has prompts for one holiday event - but good for those who may not celebrate christmas/halloween/thanksgiving, etc) 38.Some of my favorites + photos 39-43 1st birthday + photo page throgh 5th birthday + photo page 44. My first day of school + photo page 45. 3 pages for funny stories and sweet memories
Cute pages with frogs, monkeys, turtles, etc.
Hope this helps!!

I love this baby book. Way better than the one i had back in the 80's! Some of the pages seem un-needed like the 2nd baby shower page, or the newspaper announcement, but the rest of the pages are perfect. They are colorful and bright and the little characters that decorate the pages are really cute. This book is perfect for a boy or girl. I've listed a few of the pages that the book contain below:
All about mommy/Daddy
Spots for pictures of the sonogram, mom and dad, and the baby shower
Baby's arrival home
Birth Certificate
Hands prints/ Foot prints
All my Firsts: Steps, tooth ect.
Fav holidays
First Day of School

Just to name a few. There's also a spot for information and photos about each month, then each year up to the child's 5th year! Highly recommend this book. Mom's you'll love it!!

It is exactly what I envisioned...and it is beautiful and delicate. Love the quality of the paper! It did not feel like a chore to fill out either like some books. Get the archive quality pen when you order if possible. I did not and I had to wait until I found it locally.

Awesome book!

Before I bought this I read some of the other reviews. One of them described exactly what is in it. It is perfect. They also have it at Babies R Us so you can look through it there.

Ordered this for first child due in a month - very happy. Gender neutral with cute monkeys and turtles etc on every page. Lots of pages with lots of space for photos and memories. Has a page for every month of the first year, then every birthday party up to 5 years old plus first day at school and so much more. Husband and I both very impressed.

This baby book is adorable and of good quality. The decorations on each page were so sweet. The prompts in the book were specific and relevant. Once I started filling out the first few pages, however, I kept running out of room. There aren't many lines to respond to the prompts (and I don't write especially large). The only other thing that I would be blank pages in the back to put more pictures and stories. If you'd like a simple baby book that you won't feel overwhelmed by, this is a good choice.

This baby book was exactely what I was looking for. It was a gift for my daughter on the birth of her new baby boy. Has a place to record all the important moments for the next few years.
Very similar to the one I had when she was born.

I love this book. I'm not very good at writing, so the fact that the book gives me lots of things to write about helps. There are a lot of different categories that your child will love reading about when she's older, and many different photo opportunities. Some of the different photos include family photos, sonogram, baby showers, hospital picture of baby, birth announcement, and pictures for each month. I enjoyed finding pictures to put in the different categories. I used some scrapbooking stickers to add finishing touches to the photos. They went perfectly! One category I think it should have but doesn't is "adventures in dining." I haven't gotten to that point yet (solid foods I mean, I do feed my baby), but I look forward to it and know there will be great stories and photo ops. This can be added to the "funny stories and sweet memories" section at the back.
As someone else said, the bow on the front fell off-actually I never saw it, but I can add my own eventually. Not worth lowering the stars for!

I really like this little book. It covers many milestones and has places for pictures and little stories. It's not overwhelming but it's not skimpy. The second shower thing is a bit odd but I just covered it in pictures from the hospital since the next page was baby's arrival. I kind of wish there were a few pages just for photos with a protective sheet, like an album.
Seems durable too! I've set drinks on it, dropped it, tossed it around, and sat on it (oops!) and it still looks brand new!

I love this baby book. I can't wait until my baby girl is old enough to be able to flip through it herself and learn all about her beginning. It has space for not only information about baby, but also events that happen around the time baby is born.