What things did you keep from your child's first year???

I kept heaps.


Their first suits.


Clamps (from the belly button)


Wrist bands (mine and theirs)


Their first pair of shoes


All the hair from their first hair cut.


And more.





People think I am strange, because I kept so much. If I could go back I would probably keep more. :D





What did you keep??

What things did you keep from your child%26#039;s first year???
I didn%26#039;t keep anything because my Mom got to it all first. lol. She seriously kept the bandage from his heel poke (its actually pretty cute, I don%26#039;t know how they bandaged your kids but this bandage is still shaped like his teeny little foot) and the band-aids from all his shots. That%26#039;s crazy.





She%26#039;s sure a great Grandma though!





I actually did keep:


first outfit


crib card from hospital


wristbands his/mine/daddy%26#039;s


hospital pacifier


cards from baby shower


ultrasound photos, of course





I like that idea below about making a quilt out of the old baby clothes. That%26#039;s so good I%26#039;ll have to rip it off. Sorry.
Reply:the cigar band ........


his stuffed Pirate Bear that is a little larger than a beanie Baby that we are taking Portraits of hm with at Newbron,3,6,9 %26amp; 12 mths old and plan to hopefully get one every year with him kind of to judge his size differences from on photo to the next ......


we will keep some hair from his first hair cut .......


we plan to make a quilt from our favorite outfits .....
Reply:I kept Clamps and wristbands as well :-) And all of her 0-3 month clothes (with the exception of a few onesies and sleepers that weren%26#039;t anything too special), her first pair of shoes. she is only 7 months old so we will see how much other stuff I will end up keeping! I also still have all of the cards I received at my baby shower before she was even born.





I don%26#039;t think you are strange at all!





My mother didn%26#039;t keep anything from when I was a baby, so I am working hard to keep much for my daughter to see when she grows up because I know how it feels to not have any of it and I don%26#039;t want her to feel that way.





You are doing a great thing :-)
Reply:The first thing he wore home


The wristbands so small now to look at :)


His first bottle


All my cards and the discharge from hospital report


His clamp/peg from bellybutton


His first teddy


Booties that his lovely nana from overseas knitted
Reply:id keep evertthing if i could!!!!, the 1st year is so special, i kept the usual stuff too, pregnancy tests, wristbands, newspaper photo [we were in the paper. lol] hair, fave blanket, one peice suit, cord clamp, birth cards from gifts, fave rattles, feeding chart that i kept note of in hospital,


the more you keep the better, i regret getting rid of heaps of my kids stuff, thats why with ash i keep more, cos i know how much those items mean, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reply:Im exactly the same. The first year of your child%26#039;s life is so precious - I dont think I threw out anything, even their baby toys and chewed up teething rings!





I have their hand prints on clay which I absolutely love!





I even kept the foil balloons I received from someone at the hospital when I had my first child!
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Reply:Everything!!! So I%26#039;m stranger than you... lol





My daughters are now 7 and 5 and I still have the outfits they wore home from the hospital (they both wore the same outfit)


and our latest addition will be wearing that outfit home as well once he arrives (its a Bonds blue jumpsuit).


I still have newborn nappies that I didnt use (although alot of them have gone to their dolls)


Clamps and belly button stump, my 2nd daughters got eaten by ants because I forgot to put it in a glad bag straight away.


The majority of their clothes,shoes,blankets and toys.





We moved to a smaller place so I had to get rid of alot of stuff. I kept EVERYTHING (from birth and up) of theirs until just recently so I had tonnes of clothes and toys and shoes etc. So I donated alot and only kept the most precious outfits,blankets etc. But I%26#039;ve still got 2 huge boxes full of their stuff.
Reply:I%26#039;ve kept loads too, the clamp and wristbands, the first ever thing I bought - a thick cosy white ribbed cardigan, plus a few items of clothing I just loved to see him in, first shoes and trainers, first %26#039;toy%26#039; - My First Alfie - he loved it!, his first santa suit lol he dressed up age 3 months on Christmas day, his first Celtic shtrip (blame dad, he never had it on but couldnt throw it out) all his cards from when he was born, all his first birthday cards too, pram blanket, i probably could go on and on, with No2 on the way I%26#039;m gonna need a bigger house lol xx
Reply:me too..he%26#039;s now 3mth old...i kept his baby suit for the first 3 mths, his baby hair, belly button clamp, umbilical cord and thousands of photos..I took pictures of him using my handphones and camera EVERYDAY! lol



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