New Baby & Growing Family
The first smile is only the beginning. Keep their growing-up story—from little discoveries and first days of school to letters for their future self—while the Records Guide covers the important papers. Plans & Keepsakes helps you capture what this stage feels like, not only what happened.
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One manageable first step.
Choose one favorite photo and write what you want to remember about this stage. Add a milestone or begin a letter to your child, then follow the Records Guide for the important papers a little at a time.
How Plans & Keepsakes helps
Keep the story, not only the paperwork.
Plans & Keepsakes gives growing families a private place for photos, milestones, guided writing prompts, and letter drafts for future moments. For birth, health, and school records, the Records Guide shows how to keep copies in storage you control.
What that looks like in everyday life
Save the funny phrase they keep saying, record the first day of school, or draft a letter to print on their 18th birthday. Years later, those words can explain what a photo alone cannot. And when a school asks for a vaccination record, you will know where your copy lives.
What you can do with Plans & Keepsakes
Not just a baby book. A place for their growing-up story.
Baby Book is the growing-family part of Plans & Keepsakes. Keep milestones, photos, and letter drafts private to your account, and follow the Records Guide for the papers you need as your child grows.
Milestones beyond the first year
Create a child profile and record milestones with dates, stories, and photos: a first smile, first steps, starting school, a new skill, or a proud graduation moment.
Why it matters: Photos show what happened. Your notes keep what it meant, before the little details fade.
Prompts for different stages
Age-stage writing prompts help you capture personality, everyday routines, favorite sayings, friendships, and family adventures—not only the big firsts.
Why it matters: You do not have to know what to write. A thoughtful question gives you a small place to start.
Letters for their future self
Draft a letter for their 18th birthday, graduation, or another meaningful moment, then print it or download it as a PDF when the day comes. Nothing is sent automatically.
Why it matters: Give them more than a photo album: a chance to hear who you were and how you felt as they grew up.
Stories from the people who love them
Use the story interview questions to record a grandparent or relative talking about your family, and save the recording to your archive.
Why it matters: Their story can include a grandparent’s voice, not just what one parent captured.
The practical side of growing up, too
Birth records, health information, vaccination records, and school papers: keep a copy in your own secure storage (see the Records Guide).
Why it matters: When childcare, school, or a doctor needs a record, you have a place to look—not another drawer to search.
A few questions worth keeping
Their story changes. So can the questions.
These example prompts show the kinds of everyday memories you can capture as your child grows.
0–3 months
The first days together
“What was the moment you first held your baby like?”
Words for a future chapter
A letter they can read when they turn 18.
You can write it while they are small, add to it as they grow, and keep it for the moment you choose to share. Tell them about the day they arrived, what surprised you about being their parent, or what you hope they carry into adulthood.
“Today you took your first steps. One day you’ll take much bigger ones, and I want you to remember…”
An example to inspire your own words. Letters can be saved for later; automatic delivery on a birthday or future date is not currently available.
What to gather
Gather what applies to your family and keep important records in storage you control (see the Records Guide). It does not need to be complete to be useful.
- Birth certificate and social security card
- Pediatrician and emergency contacts
- Guardianship and parental wishes
- Insurance, savings, and 529 accounts
- Vaccination and medical history
- Childcare and school records
- Milestone stories, dates, photos, and videos
- Memories inspired by prompts for different stages
- Letters to keep for an 18th birthday or future milestone
- Recorded family stories from grandparents and relatives
Start their story and your Plans & Keepsakes.
Begin with one favorite photo, one milestone, or a few words to your child. Your memories stay private to your account, and you can add to them as life grows.
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