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When I started photo books with #1, I always ended on her birthday. It felt like a nice little happy ending and clear place to tie it up. When #2 was born, he happened to have a birthday 11 days before hers. I still just made one book per year - as you say, impossible to separate. Then it ended at the same point but with both bdays. I did make separate baby books (like writing in an actual book with monthly photos and firsts) but for everyday life photos, impossible to separate. Now this last year #3 arrived half a year off from them on bday month, so I decided to make a shorter photo book for the rest of 2018 and then do calendar year books from now on. Oh I did also (because I love this stuff) make each a book about the pregnancy for them. Nothing huge but some of the story and photos that wouldn’t fit in a baby book, ending in our first pictures as a new family, and featuring the older siblings for #2 and 3. So I think you can make separate books if you keep the focus very narrow, but wouldn’t try to do year in review separately, if that makes sense.

That’s just what made sense to me - do what you think works best! I figure, the kids will not care as much as I will when I’m old and alone paging through these

I’ve made one family book per year since our first year of marriage (started in the January after we married in October). I never made a kid specific book- theirs births were just part of our family story, if that makes sense. It felt more sustainable to me, especially since we weren’t sure how many kids we would have and I didn’t want to do something for my first I couldn’t keep up for any others

So far I have only a first year book for DS1 who is 6. I have some catching up to do. I do small photo books any time we do professional photos.

My plan is a calendar year family book starting after DS1’s first year book.. I will also make DS2 a first year book of him with his monthly photos and firsts. I have started a couple of my books but just need to get working on them.

I have done yearbooks since we got married and just include DS within those books. So I do a calendar year.

I do calendar years, and our Christmas / New Year's pictures always end up split over the two albums because I never have space

Like other previous posters I did a pregnancy book for each. It included bump pictures, memories, ultrasound photos, maternity photos, their birth story, and newborn photos.

I am so behind because I’ve only done one book and dd is 4. But since her birthday is in December, I started with her birthday and went through Christmas the following year. From now on I’m planning on doing yearly books, which will means Ds first year will be split among two books.

So far I’ve just done a first year book for each girl (LO2 obviously had pics of big sister in her book too) and then books for each of our international trips. I also have a book that has all of our family professional prints before we moved (so maternity with LO1 through LO2 first birthday). I need to do some sort of everyday photos summary but so far this is the best I’ve got! We use blurb and wait for sales and as far as I’ve seen no page limits! Also I always get copies of the baby book for grandparents and that covers Christmas presents for that year

I do an annual family book and then a first year book for each kiddo. That book includes their first birthday. But they don’t each have a yearly book after year one—just the family one.

I made specific books for DD1, and then after DD2 just started doing family books. I know it's "unfair" for DD2 but most of the pictures are intermixed so I didn't see the point anymore.

And I do calendar year, not birthdays.

@agold: The more I think about it, I think I'm going end it at the end of the year so I can continue with the yearly calendar family books. So his "first year" book will be his first year of life + first full calendar year.

@agold: picaboo. I just had to delete a few pages.