Bump Photo Props: Stickers, Cards or a Letter Board
Weekly bump photos have one failure mode, and everybody hits it. A year later you have forty pictures of the …
Books & Journals
Pregnancy books, journals and keepsakes worth the shelf space, reviewed edition by edition.
Pregnancy Scrapbook: Album, Box or Memory Book
There is a pile somewhere in the house. The first scan image, the appointment card, the little congratulations note, the …
What to Write in a Pregnancy Journal: Prompts That Work
The journal is open, the pen is in your hand, and the only sentence that comes out is a date. …
Pregnancy Journal for First Time Moms: Where to Start
A first pregnancy has a peculiar quality: everything is happening for the first time and none of it feels like …
Pregnancy Journal: Guided or Blank, Which Fits You
The pregnancy journal is one of the few things you buy for yourself rather than for the baby. It is …
What to Expect When You’re Expecting: Who Still Needs It
Someone will hand you this book. That is close to a rule. A mother, a mother in law, a coworker …
Pregnancy Books for Second Time Moms: What to Skip
The second time, the pregnancy book aisle is mostly answering questions you no longer have. You know what a contraction …
Pregnancy Books for First Time Moms: Where to Start
The first pregnancy is the one where you do not yet know which kind of reader you are. Everything is …
Pregnancy Books for Dads: Tone, Length and Use
Books for expectant fathers fail for one of two reasons. Either they are jokey to the point of saying nothing, …
Pregnancy Books by Trimester: What to Read and When
Most people buy their pregnancy books in one go, usually in the first few weeks, usually four at once. Then …
Best Pregnancy Books: Which Style Fits How You Read
Every list of pregnancy books recommends roughly the same six titles, and then leaves you to work out which of …
Pregnancy Audiobooks: Which Titles Work in Audio
Reading in the third trimester is a losing battle. You are tired by nine, your eyes give up before your …