Thanks for sharing .....what a sweet idea to write a letter to your child, to give to them later.....a letter has such a personal touch.

Cheers Janice 

excellent idea.  i am going to do this for my 3 kids.  when my kids were 7-8 weeks old, i wrote a list of descriptive words about their personalities, behaviour and what sort of baby they were.... i think i will include this in their keepsake letter.  i also wrote a diary about my feelings when trying for a baby the first time around.... i think it might be nice to add some of this stuff so they can see just how much they were wanted.  thanks for the idea.......its lovely

This is a great idea. I am so going to have to do this. We should all know we are loved.

Dianna

What a fantastic idea.  I can't wait to write my two baby's their letter of love.  What a great present for when they grow up.

This is great... I love it.

I love this.

Thank you!

Great idea

Thanks for sharing

Luv Emz xxx

very nice and a good idea it shows our kids how much we love them

Fantastic advice!  I started a sort of book / journal for my first daughter which goes into how much I love her and how she has enriched my life just by being my daughter.  She is 4 and I only started it this year.  I have a book to start a similar thing for my second daughter and its on my 'must do' list.  Hers is harder to start.  I can't put into words how her first week with us was.  She nearly died and having her was the most wonderful thing but the fear of loosing her was beyond any emotion I have ever felt.

Thank you for your article though.  It has inspired me to get started on Tasha's journal.

Excellent idea I think I will write one for each of my kids Thanks

 Lexi xxx

Wolonfab, I did this for my eldest son.  I was a single parent for the first four years of his life,  and started writing him letters before he was born.  The very first one I wrote him began - "My child, we are embarking on an amazing journey, one that we shall travel through together.  You are mine and I am yours and so forever shall it be.  You are yet to breathe of my air, yet you are so much part of this world, that it can only be better when you finally arrive."

Every letter I wrote him contained things that I didn't want to forget - smells, smiles, words, events.  He has a running monologue of his life, and how I felt at every stage of his life.

I wrote him a letter at six months pregnant, the day after he was born and every year on his birthday.  When he turned 18, I sat down with him and gave him the letters.  He read them all, without a sound and when he was finished he hugged me for the longest time and all he said was "you have always really truly loved me". 

The next letters I plan to write to him will be the day before he marries, and the day he becomes a parent himself.  I can't wait.

What a lovely suggestion. I never even thought about this until I read your article. Thankyou.. You've inspired me to start writing one to put away for my little girl... =)

My youngest had a space to write a letter to her in her baby book, which I did, but what I want to start is a book for each of my girls where I write them a letter on their birthday each year, and then give it to them on their 21st.

thanks...i never really thought about doing that but after reading your advice I'm all motivated.  My mom never told me that she loved me but I did get a short little letter from her when i was about 14 saying that she knows that she's never told me that she loved me but that she does...then she signed it "Love Mom"  It wasn't much but it meant the world to me.  I tell my daughter about a million times a day that I love her...i don't want her to go without it but I think i'll write a letter so that she has something concrete.  Thanks!