This is sort of a continuation of my last post, Pregnancy Journal - there ended up being more material than I expected. I’ve been thinking a lot about the journal I’ve been keeping of Tate’s life. Most of the thoughts revolve around the fact that I haven’t written in the journal in over a month and I know I won’t remember everything when I sit down to finally do it!

Coincidentally, the topic of journaling came up at a baby shower I attended on Saturday. One mom said she jots things down on post-it notes, to be compiled later. Another mom writes them on her wall calendar – I like that because the date is recorded as well.

Then another blogger, Shannon from Rocks in My Dryer, wrote a post on journaling at Parenting.com this past week. It has lots of great tips, but I especially like her encouragement to make a habit of writing several times a week, even if it’s just a sentence or two.

I know that as a parent you can’t do everything, but stories are important to me. I want to look back on these words, both for myself and for my son. I want to share these memories with Tate, to pass them on to his family someday. It’s the same reason I fill albums with photos.

So I’m on a quest to be a better journaler. Just as I wished I had done briefer, more frequent entries in my pregnancy journal, I think brevity is the key here as well.

What has helped you in keeping a journal for your child? If you have more than one child, do you keep a separate book for each, or just one for the family?

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Related posts:

1. Pregnancy Journal
2. We’re Walking, We’re Walking
3. Good Pregnancy Blogs