In early 2006, I began creating a life book for my daughter, Alex. I wrote about the experience on Blogging Baby, an online parenting magazine. The following links will take you to those articles, the first of which explain the purposes of a life book, and the remaining describing each of the important pages of Alex's book.


Creating an Adoption Life Book: A special kind of baby book

Getting started

Page 1, Alex's birth

Page 2, The first 24 hours

Page 3, Placement day

Page 4, Spreading the news

Page 5, Christening

Page 6, The first six months

Page 7, Our first family holiday

Page 8, Court day, and some final thoughts

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