Love Letters to My Baby: A Guided Journal for Expectant and New Mothers

Two things worth mentioning about this book - one is that it is quite American (lots of Mom and Mommy) and the other is that it's not a week-by-week journal. Instead it has questions divided into sections like thoughts before the birth and coming home etc.It's good to have a section on baby milestones like sitting up and smiling etc as ones I've seen before just finish at the coming home point.As the previous reviewer said, it has got a strong Christian theme throughout and a whole section of questions on things like 'when did baby first hear about God' and writing to baby about what your relationship with God is.It is clever to take the format of love letters to the baby and would make a lovely gift to them when they are older. I think I'd rather have a week by week journal, though this would make a good gift to a religious friend when you don't know if they've already got a week-by-week pregnancy journal.

I was looking for a book for my second baby as I had used the Anne Geddes "My Pregnancy Journal" for my first baby and I didn't want my two children to have the same books and be able to compare too much!This book was a real find. I thoroughly enjoyed writing up this book and recommend it to other expectant mothers. It does have a very strong religious theme which I wasn't aware of when I bought it but it suited me perfectly. There is plenty of space for writing up details of when you found out about the pregnancy, from the first scan through to the birth. It also allows space to add details of the nursery, gifts you received and dates of memorable moments - rolling over, sitting, crawling and walking. The book also includes many quotes from the bible and some very beautiful poems. There are also places for you to write very special personal moments and memories. This book really would be a "Love Letter to your Baby" and I can't wait for the moment I will be able to sit and enjoy going through it with my daughter one day.

I bought this as a gift for a friend and she loved it!! Highly recommended.