Keeping a Journal for your child?

thats a nice idea.my son is three years old and i am maintaing a scrap book for him.i paste his special photos in it and pasted some handy works of him.his first writing page,his first page with color crayons,his hand prints,and his first dress etc are all in the srap book i will give this to him on his marriage!!

That is one of the best ideas I have ever heard. Honestly, thank you for putting it up. I'm late with it, but I'll be starting one for my daughter within the hour. I do believe that waiting until she is more adult would be a better idea, just because in the teen years kids can be very over-sensitive about strange things. She might take some parts as critisisms...or she might think it was a waste of time to read. Wait until she is old and mature enough to understand properly, and more likely to possibly learn from your experiences.

Hello TripleS519, It is a good idea. I have been thinking of the same idea for my baby son. He is just over one year old right now but I think being his mother, I learned a lot in life and it is amazing to see him grows up. I have the same idea with you. When he reaches 21, I have been thinking to present him with this invaluable gift to celebrate his key to freedom.

I have one that my mother started. After about fifth grade, however, she stopped keeping it up. There's a lot of books you can buy that just have the templates included straight into them.

I don't have a child yet, but my mom kept me something like that and I just read it lately and it was so nice.I would definitely write her something like that, i am sure it would have a big valur for her later and she will be very thankfull to you. I didn't know out there might be somebody like you , who wants steel keep a jouranl for the child I am really glad with this idea and that you want to do it.

I have a three years old daughter, and she is now starting to develop in so many ways. What I do to keep a journal of her activities. For example, she like to make a drawing nowadays. So I collect the drawings that she made,and keep them separate. So one day we can look at it again and of course we can show her when she already grow up later.

Wow that is an awesome idea. She will love it.

I would also keep my own journal about my experiences with my child, especially what I learned from it all. Someday, you may have enough material for a good article, perhaps in Parents' magazine, or even a book for parents! You should also consider including photos in your journal.