Baby Books
Let me start by saying that my name is Amanda and I am also new to this site. However, not new to the adoption game. I adopted my first daughter 14 years ago, and my second 11 years ago. After 5 years of fertility work resulting in the loss of 4 children. What a blessing God had in store for me when he gave me my girls. Both were adopted from the Philippines.
As far as baby books, like so many others i bought traditional baby books and did a lot of crossing out and writing in. As i have continued over the years to stay active with adoption issues sadly this one is still out there. There are some if you go to a google search, but even most of those i felt were generic. I have just started my own business making baby books, life books, and am working on an interactive documents book for children. Any of these books can be customized by country of origin, gender, religion, alternative family situations, and personalized with names and other detailed info. I try to put as much detail into them as possible. I also provide large envelopes within the books for those special keepsake items. I based my books on years of listening to what people wanted or thought was missing. Interviewing adoptees that are older including my own to find out as they were growing up what kinds of things did they want to know, but didn't know how to ask or thought if it wasn't already there, maybe they shouldn't ask. It is those of us who have stumbled along through the years that can make a difference to those upcoming even if it is in a little way such as a baby book.
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