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Complete separately for each child! |
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I.) THE PARENTS |
A.) Mommy |
First Name: | |
Initials: | |
Current Age: | |
Age when child was born: | |
Single, Dating, or Married? | |
Eye Color: | |
Hair Color: | |
Height: | |
Body Type: | |
Religion: | |
Month of Your Birthday: | |
Number of Kids: | |
Kids Current Ages: | |
B.) BIOLOGICAL DADDY |
First Name: | |
Initials: | |
Current Age: | |
Age at Child's Birth: | |
Eye Color: | |
Hair Color: | |
Height: | |
Body Type: | |
Religion: | |
Month of Birthday: | |
Number of Kids: | |
Still together? | |
If not, why? | |
How much is he involved with the kid? | |
C.) NON-BIOLOGICAL DADDY |
(if you are dating someone else who is raising the kid as their own) |
First Name: | |
Current Age: | |
Age of him & your child when he came into your life: | |
Religion: | |
Any kids of his own? | |
How did you meet? | |
How does he get along with your kid? | |
How does the biological father feel about it? | |
II.) LIFE BEFORE BABY |
Did you think you wanted kids? | |
Did you ever babysit/work with kids? | |
Did you party a lot? | |
Smoke? | |
Drink? | |
Do drugs? | |
What were your favorite things to do/hobbies? | |
How did you meet the baby's father? | |
III.) PREGNANCY |
What was the 1st clue that you were pregnant? | |
How did you feel when you found out? | |
How long did you wait to tell the dad? | |
How did he initially react? | |
Were you dating, married, or not together at the time? | |
Was the baby a surprise, or were you trying to get pregnant? | |
How long before you told your friends? | |
What about family? | |
Were you nervous to tell anyone? | |
If so, why? | |
Did anyone's reactions surprise you? | |
If so, what happened? | |
Did you ever consider abortion or adoption? | |
If so, what made you change your mind? | |
Were you living with your parents, the dad, or on your own? | |
Were you working/in school? | |
Did you have to "shop around" for the right OB? | |
Did you find out the gender before birth? | |
Describe how you felt when you first saw the baby on an ultrasound: | |
Was the dad there? | |
Were there ever suspicions that something was wrong with the baby? | |
If something WAS wrong, did you question going through with the pregnancy? | |
How far along were you when you started to show? | |
Ever took pictures of your pregnant tummy? | |
Were you a smoker when you found out that you were pregnant? | |
If so, how long before you stopped smoking? | |
Did you ever drink during pregnancy? | |
What about drugs? | |
If you did any of the above, did your OB know? | |
Did you take prenatal vitamins? | |
Did you ever have morning sickness? | |
What about gestational diabetes, swollen feet, etc? | |
Do you have any genetic probs. you were afraid would pass on to the baby? | |
If so, did they? | |
Did you ever cry about silly things because of hormones? | |
If so, tell me about one instance: | |
Did you have any weird cravings? For what? | |
If you worked, when did you go on maternity leave? | |
Did you go to lamaze classes? | |
Wasn't it amazing when the baby kicked? | |
Did people ask to rub your belly? | |
Did you ever dream about the baby? | |
If so, what kind of dreams? | |
Do you miss being pregnant? | |
What was your expected due date? | |
Did you ever get hurt or injured while pregnant? | |
Did you read baby books/magazines? | |
Top 3 boy names you liked: | |
Top 3 girl names you liked: | |
IV.) THE BABY SHOWER |
Did you have just one, or more? | |
How far along were you? | |
Did the dad attend? | |
How many people attended? | |
Did you have activities/games planned? | |
What was your favorite gift? | |
What gift ended up being the most helpful? | |
Did you get anything that you never used? | |
Did you have a diaper cake? | |
V.) LABOR |
Where were you when you went into labor? | |
What were you doing at the time? | |
Were you alone? | |
How long before you went to the hospital? | |
How did you get there? | |
How did you feel? (nervous, excited, scared, etc) | |
VI.) BIRTH |
Did you give birth before, after, or on your due date? | |
Who all came to the hospital and waited in the lobby? | |
Who stayed in the room during birth? | |
Did anyone film the birth? | |
What kind of birth was it (C-section, vaginal, water birth, etc) | |
Did you have an epidural? | |
If yes, did you still find labor/delivery painful? | |
If no, did you regret not having it? | |
Did you have an episiotomy? | |
Was your OB there, or did you have an on-call doctor? | |
Were there any complications during/after delivery? | |
Did you curse anyone out during labor? Scream/cry? | |
How long were you in labor before you started pushing? | |
How long were you pushing before the baby was born? | |
What time was it when the baby was delivered? | |
How long before you first got to hold the baby? | |
Did you have any injuries from labor and delivery? | |
VII.) THE BABY AT BIRTH |
Name: | |
Initials: | |
Whose last name did the baby keep? | |
Birth weight: | |
Bald, a little hair, or a full head of hair? | |
Eye color at birth: | |
Did it change later? | |
Hair color: | |
Features inherited from mommy: | |
Features inherited from daddy: | |
VIII.) HOSPITAL STAY |
How long did you stay in the hospital? | |
Did the baby have to stay longer? | |
Did they baby stay with you the whole time, or go into the nursery? | |
Did the baby have to go into the NICU? | |
Did you have any issues with the hospital or nurses? | |
When it was time to go home, were you excited or scared? | |
Did anyone stay at the hospital with you? | |
Who all came to visit in the hospital? | |
IX.) NEWBORN |
Was he/she an easy baby? | |
Did they have colic? | |
Breastfed or formula? | |
If breast, did you have any problems with nursing? | |
Did baby use a pacifier? | |
If so, what word did you use for it? | |
Cloth or disposable diapers? | |
Where did the baby sleep? | |
Did the belly button ever make you nervous? | |
If it was a boy, was he circumsized? | |
Did you bring them to the hospital often? | |
What was the hardest thing to adjust to? | |
Something funny you did because of sleep deprivation: | |
Something cute they did as a newborn: | |
Do you remember the first real smile? | |
How often did you do tummy time, and when did you start? | |
How old were they when you finally felt comfortable leaving them w/ someone | |
Who, besides dad, helped the most at this age? | |
How long before you went back to work? | |
What about dad? | |
How well did siblings/pets adjust to the baby? | |
Did you ever use a baby sling? | |
What about a walker? | |
Anything scary happen to/with the baby at this age? | |
Did they ever have febrile seizures? | |
Stop breathing? | |
Cutest outfit at this age: | |
Where was baby's first outing to? | |
When did you start transitioning to solids? | |
What was baby's reaction? | |
What was their favorite first foods? | |
Did they get sick often? | |
First word: | |
Second word: | |
Were they baptized? | |
X.) TODDLER |
Age first crawled: | |
Age first walked: | |
What was their favorite thing to do at this age? | |
Foods they loved? | |
Foods they hated? | |
Who (besides mom and dad) was their favorite person? | |
What about best baby friend? | |
Did they attend daycare? At what age? | |
Did you fill in one of those baby scrapbook things? | |
If so, did you finish it, or give up on it? | |
Did they watch TV as a toddler? | |
If so, what were their favorite shows? | |
What was their bedtime routine? | |
What time was bedtime? | |
What time did they wake up in the morning? | |
Did they enjoy bathtime? | |
How old were they when they first went "swimming"? | |
First swimming lessons? | |
Did you ever enter them into a modeling contest? | |
What about dance classes? | |
What were their favorite songs? | |
Favorite animals? | |
Favorite place to go? | |
Did you go to the park a lot? | |
What about take baby to restaurants? | |
What were your favorite crafts to do together? | |
Did you ever color in their coloring books for your own enjoyment? | |
Were they social, or more reserved? | |
Did you ever use a "leash"? | |
Ever had a problem with a babysitter? | |
Were they gentle with animals, or a little too rough? | |
Did they ever get bit by an animal? | |
What about another kid? | |
Were they biters/hitters? | |
Any allergies? | |
At what age did they potty train? | |
How hard was potty-training for you? | |
How long did it take? | |
Was there any punishment for not using the potty? | |
What was their reward for using it? | |
What were their favorite outdoor activities? | |
Favorite indoor activities? | |
Any major behavioral issues? | |
Health issues? | |
Any friends/relatives they just did not like? | |
Some funny things they did at this age: | |
Some cute things they did at this age: | |
A scary event that happened at this age: | |
Did you spank them at this age? | |
What about yell at them? | |
What one thing did they eat most often? | |
Did they get candy/chips/sweets? | |
What about soda? | |
Fast food? | |
Were they overweight or underweight? | |
Did they pick up any bad words from you? | |
Sing along with mainstream radio? | |
Did you ever give them Benadryl so you could get some sleep? | |
What about take them on vacation? | |
What was their comfort item? | |
XI.) PARENTING STYLE |
Would you say you are more lenient or strict? | |
Were you ever a single parent? | |
Worked or stayed at home? | |
Did you and your partner ever fight about how to do something "right"? | |
Anyone ever criticized your parenting? | |
Who, and what did they say? | |
What was the best compliment you received about parenting/child's behavior? | |
Did you ever discipline someone else's kid? | |
What was your main way of disciplining? | |
How often were you guilty of using the TV as a distraction? | |
XII.) DID YOU EVER |
Fight/argue in front of them? | |
Accidentally break/lose a toy? | |
Give in to a fit? | |
Make a myspace/facebook under your child's name? | |
Use WIC? | |
Foodstamps/welfare? | |
Take them to Disney World? | |
Take them overseas or on a plane? | |
Get in a car wreck with them in the car? | |
Let them miss school when they weren't really sick? | |
Get them their own pet? | |
Rent a Fun Jump/jump castle for their birthday? | |
Bake a cake/cookies with them? | |
Smoke around them? | |
Enter them into sports? | |
Take them to a public pool? | |
Move after they were born? | |
Write them a letter to give them when they are older? | |
Take them to a museum? | |
Take out a life insurance policy? | |
Write a will? | |
Get a kids song stuck in your head? | |
Watch Youtube together? | |
Download a game for them on your phone? | |
Get walked in on during an intimate moment? | |
Lie to a pediatrician? | |
Get a second opinion from another doctor? | |
Call CPS on someone? | |
Get dirty looks when your kid threw a fit? | |
XIII.) FIRSTS |
Halloween Costume: | |
Pet: | |
Vacation: | |
Death they experienced: | |
Formal event they attended: | |
Coherent drawing: | |
Professional picture: | |
XIV.) MEMORIES |
Are most of your photos o them developed or digitally stored? | |
Did you keep a journal of moments you don't want to forget? | |
Do you make home videos? | |
Do you have any of their old toys/clothes in storage? | |
What about things they've made (drawings, etc)? | |
Do you send family photos as Christmas cards? | |
Do you have framed photos of them displayed in your house? | |
How about at work? | |
In your wallet? | |
Do you still have their ultrasounds? | |
Did you keep their first lock of hair/tooth? | |
Did you get a tattoo for them? | |
XV.) EXPERIENCES |
Tell me about something that happened related to the following. |
A time when you felt extremely proud: | |
A heartbreaking moment: | |
A time you look back on and regret your actions: | |
Something your kid did that had the whole room laughing: | |
Something they did that surprised you: | |
Something incredibly sweet that they did: | |
An event that made you angry: | |
A moment you wish you had recorded: | |
A bad holiday experience: | |
A moment you would erase: | |
A strange dream you had about your kid: | |
A time you regretted buying a toy: | |
A funny moment involving your kid and their friends: | |
An awkward moment: | |
Worst place you had to change a diaper: | |
A moment involving your kid and an animal: | |
XVI.) SOUNDTRACK |
A song that describes the labor/birth: | |
A song that describes the kid's relationship with dad: | |
A song that describes your relationship with dad: | |
Song you'd dedicate to your kid: | |
Last song you listened to with your kid: | |
Kid's current favorite song: | |
Song you sang to them at bedtime the most: | |
Lyric that they always get wrong: | |
A song by an artist with the same first name as your child: | |
Song that has your kids name in the lyrics: | |
XVII.) OPINIONS |
Breastfeeding in public: | |
Vaccinations: | |
Teach them your religion, or let them discover their own? | |
Teenagers having babies? | |
Abortion? | |
Gay Parents: | |
What would you do if your child told you they were gay? | |
Leashes for kids: | |
Pit bulls and kids: | |
Smoking while pregnant: | |
Feeding kids fast food: | |
Letting toddlers watch TV: | |
Homeschooling: | |
Ear piercings for toddlers: | |
XVIII.) COUNTDOWN |
10 Places You'd Like To Take Your Kids Someday |
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8 Things You've Learned Since Becoming A Mom |
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7 Favorite Memories |
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6 People Who Have Helped You Out The Most |
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5 Quotes From Your Child |
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4 Things You Want To Say To Your Child |
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3 Bad Habits Your Child Has |
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2 Good Pieces of Advice for Other Parents |
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1 Favorite Physical Feature of Your Kid |
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OPTIONAL: |
Link to a picture of your child: | |
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