Personalized Books About Big Firsts

Do It in the Book Before Doing It for Real

Most of a toddler's worry about a first is not knowing the steps. A book that walks through them in order, with your child's name and face on every page, turns the unknown into a story they have already been through. The first flight, the first night at a friend's house, the clippers, the dentist's chair, the deep end: one book per first, or one adventure that collects a few.

• Your child stars as the hero of the first, drawn from a photo
• A custom story that follows the real steps in the order they will happen
• Works for flights, sleepovers, haircuts, the dentist, swim lessons, daycare, camp, and the first night in a big-kid bed
• Add a parent, a sibling, or the friend hosting the sleepover, up to 4 people
• Digital flipbook the day you approve, so it is ready before the day

Big First Story Ideas

Pick the first that's coming up, or describe your own:

• First Flight: Security, the window seat, the ears popping, the snack cart, and the landing, told from a car seat's height
• The Sleepover: The pajamas, the different toothpaste, the moment it gets quiet, and waking up to pancakes
• The Haircut Chair: The cape, the spray bottle, the buzzing thing that tickles, and the mirror at the end
• Counting Teeth: A dentist visit where the hero counts the tools and picks the flavor
• The Deep End: A swim lesson story about the first jump and the hands that are always there
• Build Your Own Big First: Describe what is coming, when, and which part your child is unsure about

One Book, Reread for the Next First

The pattern is the same for every first: here is what will happen, here is the part that feels big, here is you getting through it. Kids who have read that pattern with their own face on it tend to walk into the next first a little taller.

Families often make one book for the first that is scariest right now and reread it when the next one comes up, or write a story that collects three firsts in one adventure.