I started a pregnancy journal with my first, but never finished it because I was just writing, “Ugh, I’m so sick today. Again. Just like yesterday,” over and over. The journal even has writing prompts, but it seemed like my answers were always something about feeling sick.
Now I just have an agenda book that I use as a daily journal because it has just enough room for 3-4 sentences about my day, which is about more than just pregnancy. And I keep my Dr appointments in my phone’s calendar app.
Once baby comes, I really liked having a baby memory journal to keep track of milestones (although it got depressing with Covid because all my answers about what we did for baby’s first holidays were the same: dressed up in a cute holiday outfit and sat at home).
My husband got me a gift card to a spa that offers prenatal massage and it was the best! Very nice to relax and take care of myself, especially when I was feeling so exhausted at the beginning of pregnancy.
A pregnancy/baby book if she doesn’t already have one. I got this one and LOVE it. It has room for updates until baby is 5.
I will also second the other suggestion about taking lots of pictures!
I haven’t gotten this, so I can’t personally attest, but the reviews say you can customize it by excluding pages. A lot of people say it’s great for different family situations like adoption, etc. so I imagine this could be flexible for what you are looking for! https://www.amazon.com/As-You-Grow-Modern-Memory/dp/194451547X
We have one called “As You Grow”. It’s got some USA holidays in which we tore out (it’s spiral bound so easy to do) but I really like it. There are sections to before and during pregnancy, the birth, then monthly updates and special events. After 1y, I think there are annual updates until the age of 5. There are photo spaces, pockets. I quite like it- the only thing is remembering to write in it!
As You Grow: A Modern Memory Book for Baby https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/194451547X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Y1CGZHPZE2X73N4086WZ
I bought a really beautiful one off Amazon Canada called As You Grow. The link is too long to place as a link but here it is:
As You Grow: A Modern Memory Book for Baby https://www.amazon.ca/dp/194451547X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_BZZ608PESJWAV6CBQST8
It has really nice illustrations and is gender neutral and is super high quality. Been using it for my April baby and I love it.
I have this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/194451547X/ref=cm_sw_r_oth_api_glt_fabc_MK9CZM777HA06JWRQAG7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
I am so disappointed in myself though because I haven’t been using it much. I probably spent more time picking it out. I journal almost every day so at some point I’ll be able to go back and fill in the missing pieces.
I have this baby book. It starts with prompts to fill out for your pregnancy and goes until 5 years old. We took monthly photos to put on the monthly pages for the first year. After the first year it goes to just once a year.
I got this one. I like that it’s easy to remove pages that you don’t want or don’t apply to you, it’s simple, gender neutral, and not cartoonish
As You Grow: A Modern Memory Book for Baby https://www.amazon.com/dp/194451547X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_9CE.FbT53HWCP
I got this book for my first baby and I like it a lot!
We got this book, it’s not really scrapbooking, but a lot of writing. We think it’s pretty cool. As You Grow: A Modern Memory Book for Baby https://www.amazon.com/dp/194451547X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_TSTDBBBHQBEQEDSJWRVC
I bought this one from Amazon and really like it!
As You Grow: A Modern Memory Book for Baby https://www.amazon.com/dp/194451547X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_HeAqDbV1FEHQE