First-Year Baby Traditions
The first year of a baby’s life is so very special. There are so many different things happening all the time, and baby is going through so many changes and learning new things every day! Parents take thousands of pictures during this first year because the time is so very special and they want to remember everything! My sister started one tradition in our family when her son was born and it’s such a wonderful way to commemorate every month of baby’s first year that now my brother and I do it with our children too!
Every month after my first daughter was born we would take her for her monthly check-up at the doctor’s office. Of course, she was weighed every time we went and we would ask the doctor to write the weight down for us. When we got home, we would make a cake for her and write on the cake her age and her weight for that month. Then we would take a picture so we could always remember this special time!
With my second daughter, we varied the tradition a bit. Instead of making a cake and decorating it with words and numbers, we made cupcakes. For the first month she got one cupcake, for the second month, two cupcakes, and so on. We then printed out on our computer her age and weight. I (as the cake maker) have found doing the cupcakes much easier than baking an entire cake and writing on it with different decorations.
The pictures can then be placed in a photo album or the baby’s baby book. These pictures came in especially handy at my oldest daughter’s first birthday party. We sent the pictures to a photo centre and had them blown up to 8” x 10”. We then used them as party decorations by placing them up on the wall. It was wonderful that everyone could go through her first year at a glance!
Written By: Kate Beswick
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