Snapshot of ultrasound
A photo: Getty Images With this black and generally obscure image, almost every second children's photo album begins. The medical gel on the belly of a pregnant woman after ultrasound has not dried up yet, as she already dreams about how this picture will be shown to her family and friends. Some polite and tactful people assure that they can quite distinguish in these vague outlines both the head and legs of the future new inhabitant of planet Earth.
The first cap and tag from the hospital
In Russian maternity hospitals there is no talk about the beauty of tagsare baked - this is just a square of brownish or dirty pink oilcloth, with the inscription: the surname and name of the newborn, date and time of birth, gender, height and weight. It is tied to the baby's hand with a piece of bandage. You can keep such a "government" tag, or you can buy a beautiful one in advance, on a soft bracelet, pink or blue. A tiny first bonnet, calico or flannel (or both at once), is also a touching little thing. By the way, both the tag and the bonnet can be placed in a detachable transparent plastic ball and made into a Christmas tree decoration.
The first milk tooth
It is unlikely that the child will keep the coin thatThe cunning Tooth Fairy will put it under his pillow, but the first baby tooth that falls out can be kept in a small box. The beginning of the change of teeth is an important milestone in life. However, parental experience shows that the first tooth that falls out does not always remain in its original form throughout life. Often, after a few years, it simply crumbles into small pieces.
Curl after the first haircut
Traditional haircut at one year old, first"initiation", the first boundary between infancy and childhood! A small lock of hair, soft, fluffy, tied with a ribbon, kept as a keepsake - this is very touching. Especially since children's albums have special pockets for such relics.
First drawing
A photo: Getty Images A person does not even imagine that he actually looks like a long cucumber with legs-sticks until one artist-truth-seeker scribbles his portrait. Children's drawings are a unique thing. If you could save everything that was painted by the child's hand in different years! To look for storage space for a ton of paper, we select the funniest, funniest, most thoughtful drawings most characteristic of your child and carefully store them. After many years you will consider them together and laugh.
The first school notebook
A photo: Getty Images These are not just crooked sticks and hooks - these are the first steps of a person in search of oneself. From the first day, when a small first-grader goes with a bouquet and a briefcase to school, he steps on the path of getting an education. A secondary school certificate is an official document for the state. And the first school notebooks with paunchy letters and simple tasks are your own family document, your personal chronicle. And the children of your children will also be interested to see what the first notebooks of their parents were like.
The first books
The simplest "Koloboks", "Turnipki", "Kurochki""Ryaby" are your shared memories of evening readings before bed. Even if they are a little tattered and even covered in drawings, it is even more interesting. Favorite childhood books should definitely be kept, they will serve more than one generation. By the way, children's books published during the era of the USSR still confidently compete with printed literature published after the collapse of the Union.
The first toy
A photo: Getty Images Actually, your favorite toys rarely live long, precisely because of the high demand. Dolls, bears and rubber figurines-pishchalki take away from life of the child a wave of growing up. Born younger brothers, sisters, nephews, and all the colorful things goes to the new owners. But if loving parents notice the special propensity of their child to a single toy, it can be saved - it's not just a thing, but practically a friend. By the way, from your favorite toys you can make an interesting piece of decor, for example, put it in the deep. so-called "shadow" frame of many small pupae or machines - such a reminder of childhood can hang on the wall for many years.
First Shoes
A photo: Getty Images When the "slider" stands on the feet - this is a grand, epoch-making event in the life of the family! The transition to straightness suggests that now the child will not only drag everything that he finds on the floor, but also open all the accessible doors of cabinets and throw out all things from there. Let's say at once: a rare child loves his first shoes. At first, the kid tries to sneak these alien covers from his feet, so fast and free. But if you keep the shoes, then there will be an occasion to consider them and be touched: what a tiny little leg!
Baptismal dress
Each religious denomination has its own sacramentconversion of a new person to one faith or another. Baptism among Christians is the first and most important sacrament in a person's life. A newly-minted Orthodox Christian, as a rule, is dressed elegantly before and after immersion in the font. Therefore, many mothers, even those who are not churchgoers, keep this snow-white lace outfit all their lives. It is believed that the christening dress also bears the stamp of holiness and can be a person's amulet.
Photo, video, audio recordings
Every person born in the territoryIn the Russian Federation, as well as in any other country, from the first days a child has the legal right to have his parents record all the significant moments of his life for the family chronicle. In the USSR, “advanced” parents recorded their baby’s voice on a reel-to-reel tape recorder – at that time, no one suspected that in some 30 years, photos, videos, and audio could be stored on one tiny medium. It’s easier for modern moms and dads: you can record everything on your phone – the first steps, the first games, the first words, the first long trips with the child, the first reaction to the first spoonful of applesauce, the first trip to the zoo, the first First of September, and many, many other things that make up the uniqueness of human life.
