Letters for a new baby, to read when they are older.
Everyone has something they want to tell a new baby, and most of it gets lost by the time the child can read. A memory book keeps those wishes, stories and photographs in one place for later.
Wishes that will still be there in eighteen years
Grandparents, aunts and uncles, godparents and family friends can each write a letter to the child: what they felt on the day they heard the news, a story about the parents, a hope for the years ahead.
Because the book is printed, it can sit on a shelf until a birthday that matters, and then be read for the first time.
Easy for everyone in the family
- Share one link in the family chat. Nobody needs an account or an app.
- Contributors add a few sentences and, if they like, a photograph of themselves with the parents or a favourite family picture.
- You read every entry first and accept the ones you want in the book.
- Close submissions from book settings when the baby arrives or when you are ready, then print the PDF.
Ideas for what to write
Ask for a first impression of the baby, a family story the child should know, a favourite memory of the parents growing up, or a wish for the child. If contributors are unsure where to start, point them to our list of prompts.
A gift for the parents too
For new parents, a book like this is a keepsake from the people who cared about the early days, and something to return to on the harder ones.