Awwww, he's breaking dishes already!

Friday, not yesterday, but the week before, Timothy broke his first Corelle "unbreakable" dish. That's a milestone in our family, I should record it in his baby book.

I really do wish they made better baby books. All of them seem geared towards the first child only. I know, generally people fill them out in much more detail for longer periods of time with their first born children. But what about those of us who try to do the same for the others too? And some of them have an awful lot of stuff in there that isn't very useful. I mean, the doctor's office keeps a record of immunizations, and they hand you little booklets in the doctor's office for keeping track of them and they send you some in the mail. Do we really need to record it again in a baby book? Isn't the point of the baby book supposed to be interesting things that the child/future adult will one day enjoy looking at? There are plenty of other places they can go if they need a list of when they got their shots. It's just a waste of space in a baby book, as far as I'm concerned. And they generally list the same milestones-first smile, first steps, first words, etc. What about the first time they were quiet for just a little too long and Mommy had to come check on them? (with space to record what was found) Or the first time it really sank in that this child was yours, really! Some of them ask who the child looked like at birth, how about leaving space to continue to record that, because different people appear in your child's face/body language/actions as they grow. You forget that stuff later, that's why you blog it or put it in a baby book. And if your parenting isn't entirely mainstream, there can be a lot of blank spaces in there. It seems as though a lot of it is outdated. Here's a baby book, Baby's First Tattoo: A Memory Book for Modern Parents, that offers many different parenting observations: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743224450/104-2081027-8950326?v=glance&n=283155

But that's too mean spirited for my taste. It's a cute gag gift, but I definitely wouldn't recommend it as THE baby book. Maybe the baby book is on it's way out of style.