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How to Create a Video of Your Baby’s 1st Year

Moira WestUpdated: Apr 9, 2012

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Your little one’s first year flies by so quickly! But a video covering all the changes and milestones you experienced with your baby is a wonderful way to share and preserve memories of that all-important first year of life.

To help you make your video, we put together a list of 20 major moments during your baby’s first year. Check them out in the video below, or take a look at the infographic featuring the complete list at the end of the post.

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Baby’s first year video songs

Now that you’ve put together your pictures and video clips, it’s time to choose music. Pick a song that matches the images you’ve chosen. Take a look at a few of our favorites in the video below. If you find one you like, just copy the song title as its listed below and add it to your video.

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  • “Whimsical Journey” by Abbas Premjee
  • “Bedtime Song” by Mindy Gledhill
  • “You Make Me Smile” (Instrumental) by Ernie Halter
  • “Bedtime Story” by Adi Goldstein
  • “Ou Mas-Tu Cache” by Robert Walsh
  • “You Are My Sunshine” by 3Theory

Once you finish your video, share it! Post it on Facebook or Instagram, or email it to friends and family. As years go by, you can take it out again and again to show your little one what they were like when they were small.

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