Gurnoor's First Year: 12 Months of Little Firsts
For Gurnoor, from Mumma and Papa (Simran and Jaspreet), Ludhiana. A fictional family.
Month-by-month first year
Your baby's first year photo book, month by month
You have thousands of baby photos and no time to sort them.
What is inside
- 1Cover and name page
- 2Meet the family
- 3Twelve monthly chapters
- 4Ceremonies and festivals in their month
- 5Little firsts
- 6Videos as stills, with a QR
- 7Twelve months on one page
- 8The moment and the letter
Print it when you love it
- Large hardcover₹2,499
- Layflat₹3,499
- Heirloom layflat₹4,999
- Classic hardcover₹1,799
Price notes
- Launch prices including GST. Final price is confirmed before you pay.
- Extra pages: ₹99 per 4 pages on 8x8 books, ₹149 per 4 pages on larger books.
- Second copy of the same book: 30% off. Five or more copies: 35% off.
About this book
There is no editor and no layout to fight with. We sort what you pick by the date each photo was taken, place naamkaran, annaprashan and first festivals in their month, and show you the full book to check before anything is printed.
Order a printed hardcover, with copies for Dadi and Nani, whenever you are ready.
Page by page
Cover and name page
Your baby's name on the cover, with the pet name you use at home if you like. You choose from three cover options, for example Ira's First Year: 12 Months of Little Firsts.
Meet the family
A page for everyone baby has met, with what baby calls them: Mumma, Papa, Dadi, Nana, Bua, Masi and the rest. Names come from the chips you tap.
Twelve monthly chapters
Month one starts with the hospital, coming home and the first visitors. Each month opens with a title page, such as Month 4, and the one word you picked for that stage, such as sleepy, curious or foodie, then the best photos from that month with short captions.
Ceremonies and festivals in their month
If your family had a naamkaran, annaprashan, mundan or a first Diwali, Lohri or Eid, it gets its own spread in the right month. Captions use the words you give us, because practice varies by family, region and community.
Little firsts
First smile, first food, first steps and any other firsts you tell us about, set against the photos from that week. It records your baby's own moments, not a chart to measure them against.
Videos as stills, with a QR
Twelve months on one page
One photo from each month side by side, so you can see the whole year change in a single spread.
The moment and the letter
The questions we ask
- What is your baby's first name? Any pet name at home?
- How old is your baby now? (tap: under 6 months, 6 to 12 months, around one, over one)
- Who is in the family? Tap everyone baby has met (Mumma, Papa, Dadi, Dada, Nani, Nana, Bua, Masi, Chacha, Mama, siblings) and add names
- Which language should the captions be in? English, Hindi or Hinglish
- Pick one word for each stage, or skip: newborn, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months (sleepy, smiley, curious, naughty, foodie...)
- Which of these happened this year? Tap any or skip: naamkaran, annaprashan, mundan, first festival, first trip
Best for and styles
- Parents with a phone full of unsorted baby photos and a first birthday coming up
- A partner planning a gift for a first Mother's Day or the baby's first birthday
- Parents who bought a fill-in baby record book and never got past page three
- Families abroad sending the year home to grandparents in India, or the other way round
- Soft pastel watercolour
- Marigold heritage
- Minimal editorial
- Polaroid scrapbook
- Storybook line art around real photos
- Dadi-Nani large print
Questions parents ask
Is it really free?
Making the book and saving the PDF is free. Printing is optional and paid, and we confirm the price and delivery date by email before you pay.
What happens to my photos?
Photo books are laid out on your device and the photos never leave it. For illustrated books, up to three photos are used once to draw the character and then deleted. See privacy.
Do you need my baby's date of birth?
No. We ask for a first name and an age band, never a date of birth. The monthly chapters come from the dates on the photos you pick, and you can move any photo to a different month in the preview.
My baby is already past one. Is it too late?
Not at all. The book works from the photos you pick, so you can make it at 14 months or at 3 years. Many parents start a few weeks before the first birthday, but there is no deadline.
Will the book compare my baby to milestone charts?
No. The little firsts page records the moments you tell us about, in your words. Every child develops at their own pace, so we never grade or score them. For general information on typical milestones, see our month by month milestones guide, and ask your paediatrician about your own child.