Left: Zimmerman baby announcement, right: Kassner baby announcement
Lyssa Zimmerman is expecting her fifth baby in September, so she wanted an announcement that incorporated her children ages 2, 5, 7, and 9. She took a snap of each of her four children and made a fun video. But she selected this for her announcement. “I thought Jake, my youngest, was sweetest, because of his cute little hand.”
Fav editing tool: Adobe video editingFav Apps: Word Swag. Cool type you place over your photos for one-of-a-kind images • Wordswag.co
Courtney Kassner and husband, Will, are expecting baby number two in June. For her social media announcement, Courtney wanted “something people hadn’t seen before.” So she created this photo of Crew (18 months) going old school, whispering to baby brother through a tin can phone.
Fav Apps: AfterLight • This photo editing app gives you interesting filters, vintage borders, and other great ways to edit your images • afterlight.us
OBaby • Artwork, doodles, announcements for pregnancy, first steps, and more associated with baby • ohbabyapp.com
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Storage Solution
Organize your paperwork with Baby Briefcase
With babies comes birth certificates, growth charts, medication information, check-up forms, vaccination records, photos, the paperwork is endless. That’s why we like Baby Briefcase. You need one handy place to store records for your children and this makes it easy. From the sturdy, see-through case to premade labels, your organization starts here. Just remember where you put it. • $29.95 • Available at Cotton Tails or babybriefcase.com
Road Map
Pick up Zero to Five: 70 Essential Parenting Tips
Aimed at parenting during the early years, you’ll find lots of useful information and ideas in Zero to Five. Chock full of inviting family photos that help illustrate each section, author Tracy Cutchlow organizes chapters around action words like Prepare, Talk, Connect, Discipline, and Slow Down. The book offers solid advice on how to get enough sleep (for you and baby), the importance of speaking to your child, fun ways to bond, play, and discipline. We like that she offers ways you can follow up on ideas. Here’s a nugget: “It’s hard to see your baby unhappy. But if you solve every problem for her, she can’t learn how to solve problems herself.” We hope this book might help solve some of yours. • $19.95 on Amazon.com