"Who do I look like? Can you tell me about my birth family? Do you think they think about me?"
For every adopted child who has wondered about these questions, this special lifebook can help offer some answers. This memory album comes with fill-in-the-blank scrapbook pages for a birthparent to fill out for the child being placed for adoption.
Designed to give the child a better understanding of who his or her birthparent is as well as a sense of his or her birthfamily's history, there are 48 pages and 4 sections for explaining the birthfamily's history, the pregnancy, the adoption process, the birth, and more... With plenty of room for pictures and treasured momentos. Includes 6 pages of blank sheets and thoughtful guidance about the best ways to complete the book.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- When I Was Born
- When I Was Little
- A Few of My Favorite Things
- Thoughts and Treasures
- My Mother
- My Father
- My Brothers and Sisters
- Family Traditions
- Favorite Family Recipes
- Other Important People in My Life
- Part 3 - Before You Were Born
- Small Beginnings
- Mothering You Within (for Birth Mothers only)
- Your Other Birth Parent
- Your Parents
- Part 4 - Your Birth & Beyond
- Your Birth
- Your First Year
- Memorable Visits
- A Few Extra Thoughts
- I also Really Want You to Know
About the Album
- 8-1/2" x 11"
- Textured Mulbery Paper Cover with Expanding Library Spine protected by clear vinyl sleeve
- Seamless, Clear Page Protectors
- Heavy Paper Inserts for Photo Mounting or Scrapbooking
- Inserts slide out easily while protectors stay in the album
- Lay-flat, screw post binding
- Archival quality, photo safe, acid, lignin & PVC free
- Accepts unlimited refills
If yours is an open or semi-open adoption situation, A Birthparent's Book of Memories will be a keepsake your child will treasure forever. Suitable for birthmothers or birthfathers.
(Originally printed as A Birthmother's Book of Memories, hard and softcover editions.)
