Zaida Baby Review & Giveaway

Zaida Baby comes from the Arabic word zaida meaning fortunate or translated, fortunate baby.  Zaida Baby is a unique first keepsake that helps to preserve precious memories from pregnancy to baby's first birthday, and allows mothers-to-be to create a strong bond with their unborn child (promotes positive prenatal bonding). Zaida Baby is a completely unique baby book that includes a storybook for your belly, encouraging mothers to read aloud to their unborn child to ensure babies develop in a safe and nurturing environment. The Zaida Baby book is special since it allows mothers to document their pregnancy (their feelings, physical changes, etc.) and the complete first year! This book is great for both single moms and two parent families.

Even the look of this special keepsake book is unique with it's elegant black linen hardcover exterior with silver foil stamping - very chic, modern, yet timeless!  The Zaida Baby keepsake book measures 8.5x10" and contains 144 acid-free archival pages made from FSC approved recycled paper. 

A sample page from the inspirational love letter.

Another sample page from the inspirational love letter.

Some of the book features include,

• - A 38-page inspirational love letter to your unborn baby.  This feature helps to promote prenatal bonding, and contributes to feelings of security, love and trust.
• - Interactive Pregnancy Journal, with scrapbooking.
• - Beautiful black & white photography celebrating the evolution of pregnancy.  
• - Interactive Baby's first year, with scrapbooking.
• - Zaida Baby includes pages such as,  
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• Pregnancy
  - Maternity Photographs
  - My How you've grown
  - Changes I have noticed in my body
  - The first time I felt you move...It felt like...
  - Ultrasound Photographs
  - The things I have enjoyed about this pregnancy are...
  - A special letter to my baby, and more!
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• The 1st Year - Baby's Photographs
  - How did it feel to hold me in your arms for the first time?
  - A special memory of my birth was...
  - My first day home from the hospital
  - Important people to remember...
  - Something I did to make you laugh was...
  - My First Haircut
  - My First Birthday
  - Other firsts
  - My favourite things
  - Additional scrap-booking pages for full personalization, and more!
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A sample page from the Pregnancy Journal.

A sample page from Baby's 1st Year section.

The Zaida Baby keepsake book is made in North America. The Zaida Baby keepsake book sells for $50 (+$10 shipping) on http://www.zaidababy.com.

Review
At the beginning of my pregnancy, I decided to keep a journal that one day I hoped my baby enjoy reading, and if I had a girl (which I did) would enjoy learning from when she is pregnant with her first baby one day.  Writing in my pregnancy journal was a great experience that allowed me to create a strong bond with my baby even before she was born.  Because of that, I truly believe that a book like this is great for every expectant mother.  Bonding with your baby before birth is just as important as and helps the bonding that takes place following birth.  The Zaida Baby book makes keeping the memories and experiences of your pregnancy easy and enjoyable!

This book has beautiful, real life photography that every mother can appreciate!  I enjoyed looking at all the beautiful black and white pictures that reminded me of where I had been with my pregnancy (stretch marks and all) and where I'll be going in the coming year!  I also enjoyed looking at photographs of families from a variety of cultures.

As a new Mom, this book probably means more to me than it did before I was pregnant or even while I was pregnant.  The words are well chosen and spoken from a mother's heart.  I can honestly say that I got tears in my eyes when reading through the book...and not just the first time I read it but time and time again!  I love that the 'From a Parent's Perspective' reads like vows to your unborn baby.  I also like that each time you read it, it reminds you what it means to be a mother.

One of my favourite lines in the book is 'I will get excited about the little things...because little things are so very special".  I am a believer of the 'little things' and when you become a parent, the little things mean even more!  It's amazing how something as simple as a tiny smile when your baby is sleeping or even a little fart can brighten your day, bring a smile to your face, and create memories that can last a lifetime.

My favourite part of the 'Pregnancy Journal' is the page that allows you to document the size of your belly.  This is one thing I never thought of doing during pregnancy but wish I would have kept track of.  I did take progress pictures during my pregnancy, although not enough.  I think that having a numerical value to compare your growth each month, or with subsequent pregnancies is a smart and fun addition to the book.  It is a great memory to share with your child and show 'how big mommy was'.

The Zaida Baby book allows you to document many of the important milestones that usually happen within the 1st year or shortly thereafter.  For example, 'my first bath', 'my first vacation', 'my first words', and more!  One thing I thought was unique about this baby book is that it contains a number of pages that allow you to share the current world with your baby - to document what things were like when they were a baby (e.g. the price of a movie, diapers, etc.).

One thing that I thought this book was missing was more pages for extra pictures, a envelope to help contain special artifacts or documents (e.g. hospital bracelets, ...), and lined pages to help you journal other things that you may want to.  For example, poems, memories, experiences, or just day to day records during pregnancy or early infancy.

I would definitely recommend the Zaida Baby book as a gift for any mom-to-be.  The Zaida Baby book is unlike other 'baby books' on the market and is sure to help mothers learn more about themselves and create a special bond with their unborn baby that will last a lifetime!

*GIVEAWAY*

How many winners are there? One.

What can you win?  One lucky winner will receive a Zaida Baby keepsake book.

To enter, visit Zaida Baby.  Then, come back here and leave a comment naming a feature of the book that you love.  This must be done to gain an entry in the giveaway.

Each of the following will give you one extra entry in the giveaway (unless stated otherwise). If an entry option is worth more than one entry, please leave a separate comment for each entry:
- Visit the Zaida Baby blog.  Then come back here and tell me the name of your favourite post.
- Read through the Zaida Baby website.  Then come back here and tell me where Zaida Baby is from (state or province).
- 'Liking' Zaida Baby on Facebook.  Please leave your name (First name and last initial) that is shown on Facebook for verification. 

- Adding the Everything Up Close blog button to your blog or website.

- Following me on Twitter (@ihchicky) and tweeting about the giveaway with a link to this page. Please leave a link to your tweet or your twitter name. You can tweet up to 2x a day (at least 6 hours apart).

Enter to #win a Zaida Baby #Pregnancy 1st Year keepsake book @ihchicky. Ends Dec. 29. http://bit.ly/ZaidaBaby #giveaway #baby

- Following me on Blogger / Google Friends Connect (publicly).
- 'Liking' Everything Up Close on Facebook.  Please leave your name (First name and last initial) that is shown on Facebook for verification. 

- Blogging about this giveaway on your blog. Please leave a link to your blog post in your comment. 2 ENTRIES!

- Talking about and linking to this giveaway in any public forum or on Facebook. If you do this, please leave your user-name and a link to the post. 3 ENTRIES!
- Visiting Simply Beautiful Beginnings and commenting on one of the posts.  Please tell me the name of the post and the name (or email address) you used to comment.
- Telling me about a topic you'd like to see covered on Simply Beautiful Beginnings.  Suggestions must fall into the scope of Simply Beautiful Beginnings to be considered.

Important Entry Details: The above entries (main and bonus) can only be submitted once per person (except for the tweet entry, which can be done daily). Please do not use more than one blogger account or add additional anonymous comments to gain extra entries. This is not fair to everyone else and this practice is strictly prohibited. If a person is found to be using more than one account to enter the same giveaway, they will be disqualified from that particular giveaway, as well as all future giveaways.

This giveaway will end on Thursday, December 29th at 11:59pm (Central Standard Time). After the giveaway has ended, the winner will be picked randomly using random.org. EMAIL RULES: In order to win, you must provide a valid email. I will be notifying the winner by email only. Please make sure your blogger profile includes your email address and make sure that it is visible. If you do not have a blogger account, please make sure you have included your email address in your post. If there is no email address provided, to contact the winner, another person will be chosen. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to the winning email notification with their complete mailing address (I will be forwarding all this information to the sponsor), If this information is not received within 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen.  

This giveaway is open to residents of North America!

Good Luck!

**Disclaimer** To complete this review, Zaida Baby sent me a Zaida Baby book free of charge in order for me to conduct a first-hand review of the product.  Receiving this item did not in anyway alter the information which I discussed in this article; this review is 100% my own opinion.  I did not receive any other type of compensation for this review.