Birth Story and Newborn Prompts Parents Actually Use

Birth and newborn days prompts, most completed first

1. 1

   Born on

   Recall the time of birth, like 3:17 pm.

2. 2

   Birth weight

   Note the exact weight down to the ounce.

3. 3

   Birth height

   Capture that first measurement from head to tiny toes.

4. 4

   Hospital

   Write the hospital name and the town where it all began.

5. 5

   Hair color

   Note the exact shade of their newborn hair.

6. 6

   Eye color

   Capture your baby's eye color as it is right now.

7. 7

   Doctor

   Write the name of the doctor or midwife who caught your baby.

8. 8

   The birth story

   Write it within the first weeks while the details are fresh. Bullet points are fine.

9. 9

   How I felt when I first held you

   One honest paragraph beats a perfect one.

10. 10

    You have arrived

    Write the very first thing you said when you finally met.