Baby Box

It's exactly like it sounds. It's just a box you put your baby in! Just kidding!!!

While I was looking at ideas on organizing the nursery I ran across this little gem: organizing paperwork. It was one of those moments where you slap your hand against your head, like 'really? All my life I've been trying to organize my own paperwork, and the answer is so simple!!"

So I went ahead and made one for SweetPea since getting started on organizing all of her paperwork now will be so much easier than waiting for it be to lost everywhere like mine is. I do plan on making one for myself, but it will be much smaller since I'm past the growing up stage!

What You Need:

• Folders (hanging folders work best)
• Hanging Folder Box
• Pens

 Sadly I ended up not using the hanging file folders because the regular ones happened to be on hand already. For the next child I will definitely use hanging folders! For myself I'll use something along these lines:





Actually exactly like this. (If you know me, you know I love peacocks!!) It is just a simple expanding file folder.


The Categories/Files I Labeled:

1. Baby Info
2. Health Records
3. Documents & Certificates
4. Age 0-3
5. Age 4-5
6. Kindergarten
7. First Grade
8. Second Grade
9. Third Grade
10. Fourth Grade
11. Fifth Grade
12. Sixth Grade
13. Seventh Grade
14. Eighth Grade
15. Ninth Grade
16. Tenth Grade
17. Eleventh Grade
18. Twelfth Grade
19. Church
20. Sports
21. Talents
22. Portraits
23. Scouts

And of course there are two more that I can't remember and I lost my list (not at home while writing this). So over all I used 25 files. 

 

I was going to make a file for cards and letters, but knowing my family they would fill the entire box! Instead I'm going make a custom, smaller chest for all of her cards and letters.