The Everlittle journal
Ideas for the memories
you want to keep.
Practical ways to keep childhood memories.
From first entries to letters for later.
Photo sharing for grandparents: a private mobile guide
Share pictures with grandparents, send a photo to Grandma, and keep family stories together. Compare your options and see Everlittle’s mobile web app.
Read the story7 min readPhoto sharing for grandparents: a private mobile guide
Share pictures with grandparents, send a photo to Grandma, and keep family stories together. Compare your options and see Everlittle’s mobile web app.
Read storyEveryday memories · 2 min readA baby memory journal for real life
You don’t need a perfect routine. You only need a little place to begin.
Read storyLetters for later · 2 min readA letter for the person they’ll become
Write about who they are today, for the person they’ll become.
Read storyFamily stories · 2 min readThe stories only your grandparents can tell
Simple questions that help family stories find their way out.
Read storyEveryday memories · 1 min readThe small firsts deserve a place, too
Not every milestone makes it into the baby book. That doesn’t make it any less theirs.
Read storyEveryday memories · 2 min readThe story just outside the photograph
A photo keeps what you saw. A sentence keeps what it was like to be there.
Read storyFamily stories · 3 min readHow to share family photos privately
Learn how invitations, viewing permissions and expiring links differ when sharing family photos privately, and what to check before inviting relatives.
Read storyEveryday memories · 2 min readWhat to look for in a family memory app
Choose a place that helps your family keep the context, not just the camera roll.
Read storyLetters for later · 2 min readHow to make a digital time capsule for your child
Keep a little of today for a day they have not reached yet.
Read storyLetters for later · 7 min readTime capsule letter to your child: examples and a template
Six short example letters from parents and grandparents, a fill-in template and prompts for writing a time capsule letter your child will want to keep.
Read storyLetters for later · 6 min readFirst birthday time capsule: letters to open at 18
How to run a first birthday time capsule, what to ask guests to write, wording for the invitation and example messages for letters your child opens at 18.
Read storyEveryday memories · 6 min readBirthday interview questions for kids, by age
Questions to ask your child every year on their birthday, sorted by age from 2 to the teens, with tips for recording the answers so you can compare them later.
Read storyLetters for later · 5 min readA letter to my baby on their first birthday: examples to borrow
Example first birthday letters to a daughter and a son, from mom and from dad, with a short version and a simple structure for writing your own.
Read storyFamily stories · 6 min readWhat to write in a letter to your grandchild, with examples
Example letters from grandparents to a newborn, a first grandchild and a grandchild turning one, with prompts for the family stories only you can tell.
Read storyLetters for later · 5 min read18 letters for an 18th birthday: how to collect them
Who to ask, what to tell them to write, a message you can send and how to gather 18 letters for an 18th birthday, whether you have six weeks or seventeen years.
Read storyEveryday memories · 6 min readBaby firsts checklist: 90 firsts worth recording
A list of baby firsts to record in the first two years, from the first smile to the first joke, including the small ones a standard baby book leaves out.
Read storyEveryday memories · 6 min readBaby book alternatives for parents who never fill them in
Nine alternatives to a traditional baby book, from a one-line journal to a voice memo habit, with what each is good at and where it usually breaks down.
Read storyLetters for later · 5 min readCreating an email address for your baby: how it works and what can go wrong
How parents use an email account as a diary for their baby, the age and inactivity rules to check first, and safer ways to keep letters for your child.
Read storyFamily stories · 9 min readLong-distance family statistics: how far apart families live
Sourced statistics on how far people live from parents and grandchildren, how families are changing, migration, video calls and what children remember.
Read storyFamily stories · 6 min readLong-distance grandparenting: 25 ideas for staying close
Practical ideas for grandparents and grandchildren who live far apart, sorted by the child’s age, with ways to make video calls easier and visits last longer.
Read storyLetters for later · 6 min readWhat to put in a first birthday time capsule
What to put in a baby’s first birthday time capsule: things from the day, from their first year and from the world right now, and what to leave out.
Read storyFamily stories · 8 min readA Tinybeans alternative that keeps the story with the photo
Looking for a Tinybeans alternative? Everlittle keeps each photo with its story, voices and sealed letters, with no ads. Four other options compared.
Read storyEveryday memories · 8 min readA Qeepsake alternative the whole family can add to
A Qeepsake alternative with a free plan that does not expire: Everlittle keeps photos, voices and letters from the whole family. Plus Tinybeans vs Qeepsake.
Read storyFamily stories · 8 min readA Storyworth alternative that keeps a grandparent’s voice
A Storyworth alternative for families who want the voice as well as the words: Everlittle keeps recordings, photos and sealed letters. Four others compared.
Read storyFamily stories · 8 min readFamilyAlbum vs Google Photos vs Tinybeans, and where Everlittle fits
FamilyAlbum, Google Photos and Tinybeans compared for family photo sharing, and why the photos you want kept belong in Everlittle with their story.
Read storyEveryday memories · 9 min readBest baby book apps, starting with one that grows with your child
Six baby book apps compared. Everlittle keeps photos, voices and sealed letters past the first year, with a view for your child. Free to start.
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