Stories from parents
Stories from parents. All YearChapter articles in this category, about capturing memories for your child together.
What to do when an app suddenly charges for memories that were already yours
You open the app and your memories are still there, but now behind a lock. What do you do with everything you have already written down?
What to do when a photo album disappoints and the memories still need to be kept
Ordering a photo album that falls short is a frustrating experience, especially when the memories you wanted to preserve are in there somewhere. Here is how to make sure they still find a proper home. Ordering a photo album that falls short is a frustrating experience, especially when the memories you wanted to preserve are in there somewhere. Here is how to make sure they still find a proper home.
What your child will want to know that you never wrote down
Not the milestones, not the beautiful photos. What your child will really want to know later are the things you yourself have long since forgotten.
How to know whether your child was a happy baby when you can no longer remember
You no longer remember whether your child cried a lot or slept easily. That is more common than you might think, and there is a way to find it again. You no longer remember whether your child cried a lot or slept easily. That is more common than you might think, and there is a way to find it again.
What you give your child when they grow up and have children of their own
Passing memories on to your child is more than keeping photos. It is a story that only gains its full weight later.
What you pass on to a child about people they never knew
Some people are no longer here when your child comes into the world. Yet you can give them a place in your child's life, if you know what you want to pass on.
What to do when your child is growing up and you barely kept track of the first year
You did not keep track of the first year and now your child is getting bigger. What you can still do, and why it is not too late.
What your child will have of you when you are no longer here
Not as a grand thought, but as a simple question: what remains of who you were as a parent? Leaving memories for your child starts small.
What to do with memories of when your child was ill and you would rather not look back
Not everything you have been through is something you want to keep. But sometimes time changes what a memory means to you.
What happens to memories when your second child arrives
When a second child comes along, something shifts in the memories of your first. Not because you forget them, but because time starts moving differently.
What you can already share with your toddler about who they were as a baby
Your toddler is long past the baby stage, but the story of that first year does not have to be lost. You can share it with them now, in a way that fits who they are today. Your toddler is long past the baby stage, but the story of that first year does not have to be lost. You can share it with them now, in a way that fits who they are today.
What to do when you and your partner remember the same moment very differently
You were both there, but your memories do not match. That is normal, and it is actually something to value.
Talking with your child about the early years when you have barely written anything down
Many parents only realise how little they have recorded when their child starts asking questions. That is not a failure, but a beginning.
What you forget when your child is no longer so small
The big milestones you still remember well. But the small things, what an ordinary Tuesday felt like, have slipped away more quietly than you ever expected.
When your child wants to know who they were as a baby
One day your child asks the question you did not see coming. How do you make sure you have something to tell them?
Why your child won't want to know how perfect it all was
Capturing memories for your child is not about beautiful photos and carefully chosen words. It is about what was really there.
Keeping track of the first year: why it is harder than you expected
The first year flies by while you barely get the chance to capture anything. Here is how to do it anyway, without it becoming a chore.
"The book her grandad never got."
A mother lost her father before her daughter was born. This is how YearChapter became a way to let him read along in his granddaughter's book.
"Only after a year did we understand what we had captured."
Parents Sanne and Tijmen leafed through their YearChapter book after a year. This is what they saw, what they had forgotten, and why they keep writing.