Filling out baby journal - be honest or say positive only

I wouldn’t necessarily keep thing just positive. But if this is going to your child one day or if they might read it then I wouldn’t put got cheated on. Just say that you didn’t feel well or had morning sickness or pain or whatever. Like be honest but keep things to the pregnancy and baby related not personal life

I wouldn’t include relationship issues, it’s not necessary for the baby to know or read about. I feel like that’s trauma dumping, maybe get a journal for that. Write about how your literal pregnancy was, I’m pretty sure that’s what’s intended in the books anyway. Like Mommy was very sick when she smelled eggs! Little baby X was always kicking mommy in the ribs! Mommy craved chocolate ice cream, etc. Think about finding your own baby book, it’s about how you effected your mom I doubt you’d want to read “daddy cheated on mommy and made her cry” lol “the whole time it was horrible.”

@Gabrielle ya like do I write that we separated when he was 7mos old etc

No I don’t think so.

I think you leave it just you related. Pregnancy. Nothing with your relationship unless like your dad and I talked and read books to you at night. Like something cute. But as your child gets older if they ask when yall separated then just tell them. They don’t need to know from a book

Try and be positive but be raw and real

I think be honest. This journal is for you as much as it may be for baby in the future. For you to be raw and real about your experiences and how it affected you. I don’t really see what lying/painting on fake positives does. This is your experience and you should write what feels natural and important to you

I would have 2 separate, for my baby I want it to be full of love and joy and special moments to give to baby later on. Keep my own separate diary for true feelings and dirt to get off my chest, that sort of stuff I wouldn’t want to put on to my kids.

Depends who it’s for. If it’s for you baby then I wouldn’t. I did put in when my babies uncle died cause I want him to remember him and how important my baby was to all of us over that time but I think that’s a bit different.

Maybe this journal would be better used as a release of what you went through rather than focusing on giving to baby? I think I saw someone mention you’d be possibly giving to your son? But if that’s the plan I’d leave out a lot of relationship stuff. “Pregnancy was worth it for you” type things

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