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 homes, beauty tags are not baked- it's just a square of brownish or dirty pink oilcloth, it has the inscription: the surname and the name of the newborn, the date and time of birth, sex, height and weight. It is attached to the child's handle with a piece of bandage. You can store such a "state" tag, or you can buy a beautiful, pink, or blue one on a soft bracelet. The first crown cap, cotton or baize (or both) is also a touching thing. By the way, both the tag and the cap can be placed in a detachable transparent plastic ball and make a Christmas tree ornament from this composition.
The first milk tooth
It is unlikely that the child will save the coin that heput a cunning little Tooth Fairy under the pillow, but the first dropped milk tooth can be stored in a small box. The beginning of a change of teeth is an important milestone in life. True, the parental experience testifies: not always the first tooth dropped out is preserved in its original form all his life. Often, in a few years, it simply crumbles into small pieces.
Curl after the first haircut
Traditional haircut in a year, the first "initiation"the first milestone between infancy and childhood! A small strand of hair, soft, fluffy, bandaged with a ribbon, saved for memory - it's very touching. Especially since in children's albums there are 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 most unpretentious "Koloboks", "Repki", "KurochkiRyaba "- this is your shared memories of the evening readings before going to bed. Let them a little shabby and even painted, so even more interesting. Favorite books of childhood must be stored, they will serve more than one generation. By the way, children's books published in the era of the existence of the USSR are still confidently competing 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 confession has its own sacramentthe conversion of a new person into this or that faith. Baptism in Christians is the first and most important sacrament in human life. A newly-baptized Orthodox Christian, as a rule, dressed smartly before and after diving into a font. Therefore, many mothers, not even votserkovlennye, store this snow-white lace outfit all my life. It is believed that the baptismal dress also bears the seal of holiness and can be the guardian of man.
Photo, video, audio recordings
Every person born in the territoryThe Russian Federation, and also in any other state, from the first days has the legal right to have his parents fix all the significant moments of his life for the family chronicle. In the USSR, "advanced" parents recorded the voice of their baby on a tape recorder - then no one suspected that in 30 years and photos, and video, and audio can be stored on one tiny media. Modern dads and moms are easier: you can to shoot everything on the phone - the first steps, the first games, the first words, the first long journey with the baby, the first reaction to the first spoon of apple puree, the first trip to the zoo and the first one of September, and many, many things that make up the uniqueness of human life.
