You think you will remember everything from your baby’s first year. It feels like you are in a trance from their first smile and the way they look at you like you are their whole world.  It feels impossible to forget, doesn’t it?  And then, slowly, pieces of what made up your everyday life start […]

And how to make sure we never forget them It took ten thousand years to build the rituals that hold families together. It took fifty to let them go quiet. By Andrea Simpson, founder My Peeps – June, 2026 There is a book sitting on a lot of nightstands right now, including mine, called A […]

There’s a particular kind of magic that happens when a mother and daughter leave their everyday lives behind — the texts go unanswered, the to-do lists get ignored, and somewhere between the first meal together and the last walk on the beach, something shifts. You stop being Mom and daughter for a moment, and become […]

You buy a baby book with the best intentions. It’s beautiful. Thoughtful. Full of prompts you genuinely want to fill out. At first, you keep up with it. You add the birth details, the first photos, maybe even a few little stories from those early weeks. And then life happens. The book slowly disappears into […]

Your baby’s first year feels impossible to forget — until the little details begin to fade. From sleepy routines and tiny milestones to the sounds they made before they could speak, these are the moments that truly matter. Here are 10 meaningful things to save from your baby’s first year so those memories become part of a story you can revisit forever.