Your well child book/s

So far I haven't even had time to look at what the MW etc have written in it. I will do my best to keep it for when bub is older but I think I will get other and make other things that will be meaningful treasures for her.

I coversealed them both to keep them nice, but haven't written inthem or put pictures in them. I keep them in the bookcase, so I always know where they are. I read them often and do keep thier height and weight fairly up to date, especially since after 3 they don't go to plunket now.

I just tick the boxes - after our first plunket visit and I'd been "told off" for not doing it! I also fill in the hight/weight charts, but that's about it. I also lose it after every appointment, and have to hunt high and low before the next one!

I'll hang on to it for her, when I was a child I used to love looking at it. It was also cool when Lydia was born, my mum brought mine up, and it's been fun to compare.

Ours just stay in the nappy bag so that when we go to the doctor or plunket visit i know where they are.

As far as i have gotten to filling anything out putting a dot on the height and weight chart

I keep it and do the bare minimums - track height and weight since our Plunket nurse doesn't seem to be able to do that but most of my memories/key developmental steps are recorded on here. One day I'll have to spend a weekend cutting and pasting the key posts!

I do the weight, height and teeth and also write up the stuff before each big plunket checkup. I try to record milestones if I remember but it's really a big old mess.

I certainly don't put photos etc. in it. I haven't even managed to get the normal photos into an album

we are with Te Pua but they still use same book..we don't do anything ..doc or nurse from TPW ticks it and that's it. I guess all the interesting stuff is covered by the PAFT lady as she covers what he does monthly 4months-3 year..

lol I've not ever been told to tick the boxes or do anything even when we did go to punket:) though i did like it when he was tiny so I could see his progress..

My mum has her book and mine, so i am trying to keep Brennans nice and filled in to add to our wee collection. I have put photos in it and its got a fabric cover on it.

But i always lose it before our plunket visits and have a mad panic to try and remember where i put it after our last visit.

I filled Maya's in all the time - the tooth chart has each tooth marked off down to the day that she got it (6m2d, 7m3d etc lol) and it has all her milestones, early doctor/hospital visits etc in it. I was gutted when I lent it to my sister to use as a bilingual resource for her ECE course and I got it back with the cover off, apparently her drink bottle leaked in her bag but I was so angry that she didn't take better care of it.

I didn't bother so much with the others coz I haven't had time, but I keep them all on the bookshelf and all the relevant medical notes, letters from specialists etc. inside each.

In terms of permanent memories, lil miss and Maya have baby books and the gremlins have a scrapbooked first year album each that I spent hours and hours on, but I will keep all their Well Child books as I found reading mine from when I was a baby fascinating when I first had Maya and am really glad mum kept it.

I keep track of everything, I loved reading through my plunket book, I want Arianne to do the same.

I should get one of those covers that Sheza was talking about.