Customer Reviews

My First Five Years/Wrapped in Blanket: A Record of Early Childhood

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4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Unlike Ms. Geddes's other works, this one is designed to create the history of your child's first five years. It is not a book of baby photography although it certainly contains some.

I usually don't enjoy looking at baby books because they are so poorly designed and produced. But I look at them anyway because they contain the first lock of hair, the first little footprint, photographs lying on a rug, and other precious momentos that are so rewarding. Ms. Geddes has overcome the traditional baby book weaknesses by combining her trademark "organic" photographs of babies (in animal, insect, and flower costumes) with a nice design to create a truly beautiful book to record a young person's first five years. The book does have a major drawback in that too few pages are allowed in many sections to capture all of the momentos (such as photographs) that you will want to keep.

Most of the images in the book seem to be taken from Down in the Garden, her best book, so you should fall in love with the illustrations. These images are small and secondary to the book's function so I will omit my usual list of favorites.

The sections in the book include:

My Birth; Momentos; Newspaper Clippings; Comments; Visitors and Gifts; Signs; Names; Family Tree; 3, 6, and 9 Month Highlights; Milestones; Food; 1st Christmas; 1st Vacation; First through Fifth Birthdays; Clothes; Best Friends; Pre-School; Kindergarten; Drawings; Writing; Health; Height; Weight; Teeth; Tooth Fairy; Hands and Feet Prints; Birth Month Flowers and Stones.

I think the way to evaluate this book is to imagine that you are now about to start living on your own. What would you think of the parents who bought and lovingly filled in such a delightful book for you?

Since you cannot hope to put enough photographs into this book, I suggest that you make a separate scrap book for special photographs of your child.

This book would be a great gift to expecting parents.

I suggest that you consider making a similar book for your parents (at any age) that captures your recollections and momentos of them in a way that they would enjoy.

Make life more beautiful for everyone!

I received three baby record books and this was the most beautiful! The photographs are so colorful and creative. I think my little one will be able to enjoy the book as he grows. The record part of the book is also interesting and thorough in terms of leaving space for the things you most want to remember about your child's growth.

I really recomend this book for your newborn child. I had bought this one cause the book I wanted by Anne Geddes was no longer available. But I am sure glad that I did. It is the most beautiful Baby book that I have ever seen. Then to get the corrosponding brother/sister book by Anne Geddes really keeps it great. The pictures are beautiful and really fit for the ages as they grow up. I really recomend this book for your own child or as a gift for that mother to be. I know I would have loved it at my baby shower.

Excellent journal for your childs keepsakes. I have one for my daughter who is 9 mo. and it will be priceless for her when she gets older. Covers every aspect of childs five years of life. I recommend to anyone who has a child, boy or girl.

When I adopted my daughter, I was thrilled to find such a gorgeous baby book to go with my gorgeous baby! My husband is her natural father and he filled me in on all the birth details and enjoyed helping to create her memory records in this edition. I shopped for months to find the perfect book to keep her records in - I especially wanted the perfect one for her because it's difficult to put together the details of the earliest records as a mother who wasn't able to experience the earliest days of my baby's life. This is the most beautiful record book ever, and now that we are expecting our second baby, I will definitely order one of the Anne Geddes editions for the new one, too!

A wonderful inclusive journal which includes comprehensive topics, including areas for growth charts, teeth, family, holidays, friends, favorites and more! I chose to replace one of my previous baby books with this because it was so much more inclusive and relevant. Now, I have 3 for my 3 children. I only wish there was more room for bulky items.

I had my first baby 2 years ago and I found a beautiful picture in this specific book that completely emodied my daughter's name. It has wonderful pictures and great information areas for me to record her growth and development. There is plenty of room for pictures and it's durable (now that my girl is 2, you need that quality). I just had another little girl and bought the "Images" album so she could have something just as nice as her big sister. I buy all of my expecting friends Anne Geddes baby books.

This is the book for the mother who loves keeping track of baby's progress but just doesn't have loads of time to invest in making the pages look smart herself. I have four children under 3.5 years and have purchased this book for all four of my children because of it's beauty and simplicity...I simply bought each one with a different cover to keep from mixing them up. I have no trouble keeping track in a timely manner because all the work has been done for me. This amounts to everything when every second of your day matters.
What's more is I believe that in the years to come the kids will really appreciate having something so nice to share with their families.
The workmanship and quality of the books are first rate! I highly recommed this record for any mother who desires to have something show but not a ton of time.

The pictures were cute, but overpowered the layout of each page. I have twins, myself, and didn't think it was necessarily conducive to twins as mentioned in another review. I ended up getting a book that allowed more room for personal photographs and far more pages to keep track of my babies' first years.

I have purchased this as a gift for my sis and bro-in-law who are expecting their first child. This is a beautiful memory book, and I can't wait to give it to them.
The photographs are lovely, and it has room for all of the important moments to be collected, written about, and then cherished.
Excellent!