The Small Beast / Goth Baby Memory Book / Printable First Year Journal / 61 pages / Instant Download

Every court keeps a chronicle. This one is theirs — a full year of small triumphs, unreasonable opinions and impossible growing, written down before any of it can be forgotten.

Most baby books assume you are a different person than you are. Pastel ducks. Cursive borders. A page for “Mummy’s little sunshine” and nowhere at all to record the month your child declared war on a specific spoon.

The Small Beast is the baby book for the rest of us.

Sixty-one printable pages, designed like an heirloom and written like a friend who has also not slept. Lancet arches, hand-drawn moths, line-art roses, a crescent moon — and inside, real prompts for a real first year. The arrival. The court. Twelve month-by-month spreads. Letters written before they arrived and letters sealed for their eighteenth birthday. And a whole section, The Small Beast Files, for the parts nobody else asks about: the hoard, the crimes and misdemeanours, the terrible opinions, the nightly hauntings.

It is dark, it is funny, and underneath all of it, it is unbearably tender. Which is exactly what the first year is.

Print it once. Print the month pages again for the next one. It is yours forever.

What’s included
• 61-page printable PDF in US Letter (8.5 x 11in)
• 61-page printable PDF in A4 — the same book, sized for Europe, the UK and Australia
• Cover, title page, how-to guide, printing and binding guide, terms of use
• Eight illustrated section dividers: The Summoning · The Arrival · Your Court · The First Year · Firsts & Small Magic · The Small Beast Files · Letters · The First Birthday
• 12 month-by-month pages with photo frames, growth fields and prompts
• Birth story, vital statistics, hand and footprint pages, the day you arrived, your name
• Family tree, your people, your familiars (yes, the pets get a page)
• Register of Firsts, first words, teeth, first foods, first haircut, sleep log
• Letter pages from each parent, a blank third letter, guest signature pages
• First birthday section, gifts and tributes, one-year portrait
• “The First Year Survived” certificate, ready to frame

Print at 100% / Actual Size on 32lb (120gsm) paper or heavier, card stock for the dividers and certificate. Single-sided is recommended so ink does not ghost through when you write. Bind it in a three-ring binder, take it to a print shop for spiral binding, or use a screw-post album if you want it to look like an heirloom from day one.
The cover and section dividers are printed dark by design — they look best on card stock, and they are entirely optional. Skip them and the book still works perfectly.

For personal use by one household. Print as many copies as you like for yourself and for gifts. Please do not resell, share or redistribute the file, or sell printed copies. A commercial license is available — just ask.

FAQ
Is anything shipped to me?
No. This is a digital download. Your link arrives immediately after checkout.
Can I print it more than once?
As many times as you like, forever. Reprint the month pages for your next baby, or reprint a page you have spilled coffee on. You will spill coffee on it.
Is it gender neutral?
Yes. Nothing in the book assumes a boy or a girl.
Is it suitable as a gift?
It is one of the better baby shower gifts going, especially for the parent who has quietly dreaded being handed something with a teddy bear on it. Print it, bind it, wrap it.
Do I need special software?
No. Any PDF reader will open it.