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Why your child will later benefit more from what you felt than from what you photographed
Photos show what it looked like. But what your child will really want to know later is what it felt like for you to be there.
Why giving yourself a yearbook is the most honest gift you can buy
New parents receive many gifts that seem intended for others. A yearbook for yourself is different: it is for you, about you, and it simply waits for you.
How YearChapter knows when it's time to ask you something
An app that asks you about memories when the moment is right, not when it happens to be convenient. How YearChapter does that and why it makes a difference.
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.
Why giving a yearbook as a gift is easier when you have known the parents for a long time
When you know the parents well, you know exactly why a yearbook is the right gift. And that makes choosing a great deal simpler.
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.
Why some gifts for new parents never get used
A gift for new parents that actually gets used is rarer than you might think. Not because parents are ungrateful, but because most gifts arrive at the wrong moment.
Who are you keeping memories for: yourself or your child?
Sometimes you write because you want to remember something. Sometimes you write because your child will need to know it later. The difference is smaller than you think, but it does matter.
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.
Why it matters who writes, not only what gets written down
A photo shows how something looked. But who wrote it down, and how, determines whether your child will later also feel how it was.
Photos and memories that will always be yours
Whatever changes at an app or a company, your memories should not become a casualty of an acquisition or a paywall. That is not a small promise.
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.
How to know which questions to ask yourself to truly capture a memory
Not every memory calls for a full story. But the right question makes the difference between a detail that stays and a moment that disappears.
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.
Why a digital photo is not a memory but only a file
You have thousands of photos of your child, but when you look back at them you sometimes cannot remember what you felt. That is not a coincidence.
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.
How to find what you wrote once the yearbook is printed
Making a yearbook is one thing. But what do you do when you want to find something specific in everything you wrote down?
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 give when the baby is already here and you missed the baby shower
The baby has arrived, the baby shower is over, and you are empty-handed. What do you give now, without it feeling like an obligatory catch-up?
Why a yearbook for your child is different from a photo book for yourself
A photo book you make for yourself. A yearbook for your child you make for someone who will one day want to know who they were, and how you saw them.
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.
What to give a pregnant friend when you don't want to give what everyone gives
Another onesie, another gift card for a photoshoot: sometimes you want to give something that truly means something. These are the options that do.
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.
How to know whether you are preserving memories or just storing them
There is a difference between storing a memory and truly preserving it. It is not about the number of photos, but about what you write alongside them.
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?
How to write as a family without it feeling like a chore
Keeping memories together as a family sounds lovely, but it often falls apart over who does it and when. Here is how it can still work.
How you can still remember how it felt later, not just how it looked
Photos show what your baby looked like. But how it felt to sit there, at three in the morning, with that small head against your chest — that disappears if you don't write it down.
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.
How YearChapter knows what to ask you
YearChapter does not present you with a standard checklist. The questions you receive are tailored to what you have already written, as though someone is reading along who truly knows your story.
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.
Share your child without giving it to the whole world
You do not have to choose between putting everything on social media or nothing. This is how you let only the people you invite follow your child, without algorithm, likes or audience.
Before you know it, they are crawling
You remember the milestones on your own. The small things fade. How to capture everyday moments with one sentence in the moment itself, before you forget them.
Starting before the baby arrives
You do not have to wait until your child is here to begin. The months before have their own story. What to capture during pregnancy, and how.
A unique Mother's Day gift that lasts, beyond flowers.
What do you give a mother who already has everything? Not more things, a year of her child, captured by everyone who reads along. How to wrap it beautifully, and what to write inside.
What do you write in chapter 01?
The first page is always the hardest. Three writing prompts that work, whether you start three days, three weeks, or three months late.
"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.
5 gift ideas for an expecting mum
Not yet another baby-shop voucher. Five gift ideas for an expecting mum, including one gift that runs for a whole year: capturing memories.
How to get grandparents writing along
Not everyone is comfortable with an app. Three gentle ways to get grandad and grandma writing in your child's YearChapter book, without hassle or extra accounts.
The yearbook up close: paper, cover, print
What makes a YearChapter book different from a photo book? FSC paper, linen cover, printed in Europe. How to keep the first year on paper that lasts generations.
"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.
Writing when you have no time
Three minutes a day. Three sentences a week. How to make YearChapter work for people who would never sit down to write.
Baby shower gift: 3 things they will not get twice
Three baby shower gifts they will not get twice. No onesies or blankets, but a gift that runs through the whole first year and ends in a printed book.
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