First Years Baby Memory Journal Reviews Summary

Quality and Design

Pros:

• "Quality is very good for the money."
• "Thick pages, seems that it’ll last the test of time."
• "Made with premium materials and a thoughtful design, this exquisite baby memory book will help you cherish your child's priceless first five years of life."
• "The design is adorable, it’s good quality paper, and the content is great."
• "The pages are nice and thick. The binding is sturdy."
• "Very well made thick sturdy paper. Beautiful illustrations."
• "The quality is outstanding."

Cons:

• "The only downside is that all pages are front and back so if you wanted to remove something, you'd have to be ok losing two things."
• "Pages are very thin and missing lots of interesting milestones."
• "However, the cheap spiral bound makes it not very sturdy."
• "The spiral binding rings are all bent and will not allow the pages to turn with ease, almost ripping the pages."
• "The only reason I gave this a 4/5 is because the pages stick and it is hard to turn the pages, I was so scared I would rip a page out."
• "The way the rings are attached to the paper pages glued to the outside cover makes all pages very difficult to turn."
• "The spiral binding is small and is degrading the pages as they’re turned."

Inclusivity and Versatility

Pros:

• "This memory book includes families of all kinds. Some families have 2Moms, 2 Dads, multi ethnenticities, multigenerational, etc.. This book is good for everyone."
• "Perfect for single parents, as the fill ins don't ask for 'mom and dad' info."
• "It is awesome, fun, and made to fill in their personal experiences and all the amazing things that new parents want to document and remember, but might not have thought to."
• "I love how gender neutral and cute all the graphics are."
• "It’s very gender friendly, and very well made."
• "These books say parents not mother and father which makes it easy to put both of us in our daughter's baby books."
• "This baby book is so freaking adorable! I absolutely love it. It is definitely 100% gender neutral."

Cons:

• "Also, the storybook theme isn't necessarily gender neutral as it is kind of princess heavy and I don't recall seeing any princes."
• "I would not classify this as gender-neutral, to me it is very feminine."
• "Not enough pages on the pregnancy Journey or family history. Not very durable."
• "I was looking for an adoptive parent book. This one advertised if was, but it wasn't."
• "It’s gender neutral, I bought it for my son and he will have these images/memories to look at forever."
• "I kind of expected the pregnancy section to be a little longer but it will suffice."
• "It was not my favorite. I bought the 5 year book for my grandsons and it came with a beautiful keepsake box."

Functionality and Content

Pros:

• "Great for special moments and remembering the small details, which are all important!"
• "I'm happy that it provides prompts on what to write and things to note."
• "It has a growth table by months. It goes up to age five."
• "The pages are laid out in a great way and each section is well organized and includes a lot of great themes."
• "There is even a decent sized pocket in the back to put any extra photos."
• "Book has lots of pages for writing and scrapping their important items."
• "It has each page for month to month milestone and also up to 5 years for their birthdays."

Cons:

• "The family tree page is confusing...it’s not laid out like most family trees and I’m not really sure who to write where."
• "The family tree page is a bit odd too."
• "The envelope in the back is too small to fit a 4x6 photo — if it was made 1/4 inch bigger it would fit a photo but as-is it will ruin photos."
• "Picture size: It says inset 4x6 pictures, but those actually seem a bit big for the space provided."
• "However, some of the pages are a little odd, such as the family tree page."
• "The spaces where photos go for baby’s firsts are tiny with odd measurements so there really isn’t a good way to add photos without cutting them all up."
• "The only tricky part is the family tree. I even emailed support trying to figure out how to fill it out, and they didn't have a helpful response."

Customer Satisfaction

Pros:

• "Excited to give this as a gift."
• "The baby book was a big hit with my granddaughter at the baby shower for my great grandson."
• "I ordered this for my stepdaughter and her husband for their first baby. I think they will love it."
• "I ordered this for a good friend of mine as a baby shower gift. Absolutely loved It, so much detail and lots of space for writing!"
• "I am in love with this memory book."
• "I’m beyond happy with my purchase."
• "I purchased this baby book as a gift for my grandchild."

Cons:

• "I've had this book for 4 months and have been trying to fill it out for my second daughter. The book is beautiful but I don't feel it captures the memories I want of her."
• "Changed to 5 stars- after reaching out to the company, they are shipping me a new one due to the missing/extra pages!"
• "The first book I got was damaged on the spine, looked like it was dropped before shipped."
• "Loved the book, but it did come damaged and I don’t have the time to return it."
• "says it's 'made in the USA' but I highly doubt that."
• "About the only good thing about this product is that it is beautiful, which is why I bought it. However, I will be returning it."
• "Corner of the book and all pages are damaged, this was a gift for my unborn grand baby so I didn’t open until now which is too late to return."