Bundling Up Baby's First Christmas
Your baby's first Christmas is a big milestone for both you and your child. The folks at Babytalk magazine have come up with some great suggestions for celebrating and surviving the holiday season.
Christina Vercelletto, an editor at the magazine, shares a few on The Saturday Early Show.
FASHION
Bright colors really help when you're taking holiday photos. All clothing listed here is available in sizes 6 to 12 months.
CAMERAS
A camera doesn't need to be very pricey, it just has to take reliable shots. The key here is to get one you're comfortable with so you'll always bring it with you — babies do the cutest things at any moment of the day.
ORNAMENTS
Everyone from Waterford to Hallmark releases a series of special commemorative ornaments each year. Of course, you can always make your own: Press baby's foot into nontoxic modeling compound and poke a hole. Once it's dry, write the date and name, and loop a ribbon through the hole and hang it on your tree.
But if you'd rather let someone else do the work, Warm Biscuit Bedding offers a wide assortment of customized personalized hand-painted ornaments for $32 each.
Then there are these:
BEYOND ORNAMENTS
Babies need stockings to hang by the fireplace. Warm Biscuit Bedding offers vintage print stockings in three different fabrics that can be personalized for $48 each.
Pick out a special frame to display your picture of baby's first visit to Santa Claus. A good source for frames is the Pottery Barn Web site, which offers silver-plated frames with red grosgrain matting that also may be engraved.
SIGNIFICANT GIFTS
These are things your family will have for years to come.
Yule Tree-to-Be Kit: This is a Noble Fir seedling kit with seeds, a stratification bag with germination medium, growing medium, a seedling pot, a tag for personalization and complete instructions. And it costs $22.
Baby's First Christmas Scrapbook: Choose a small festive album, and use photos and mementos. Relatives can even write their own personal notes about how special it is to have her as a new addition to the family this year. Handmade Photo Album/Scrapbook, Marcel Schurman Collection at Papyrus, $34.
Books: Appropriate gifts might include an illustrated book of Christmas tales or a copy of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" inscribed with a message from mother and father: