Mom Moments

Remember your pregnancy and have a keepsake to show your child when they’re older.

Belly Cast 

•  plaster cast of the expectant mom’s belly
• kits are available from lots of sites like proudbody.com and originalbellyworks.com 
• (I’m not sure what I would do with the end product.  It’s sort of big.  Sort of?  OK it’s way big!)

Belly Pillow

• recycle your favorite materity shirt into a pillow
• sew the openings shut and stuff poly-fill
• (A good idea, but I’m passing on my maternity clothes to another expectant mom.)

Belly Painting

• there are kits available from lots of places, including littledarlingsinc.com  and toysrus.com
• regular face paint works just as well
• it’s fun for older siblings too
• (Snap a photo that can be put in the baby’s book.)

Belly Photos

• monthly photos are a great idea and make a really neat timeline
• if you didn’t do the monthly photograph, look online for inspiration for composing your photo like pregnancy.about.com and distinctivememories.com
• There’s no way to recreate the way you look when pregnant.  We are our own harshest critics, so don’t judge the pictures until a few months after the baby has arrived.

I’m not talking about the last idea I saw, but it’s out there so feel free to google “placenta prints.”  That’s just really not for me!