The Top Mementos Parents Keep From Their Child’s Baby Years
Do you feel more sentimental since you had kids? According to SWNS Digital, a new survey finds that 83% of parents do. According to the poll of 2-thousand moms and dads of kids ages 0 to 18, three in four (78%) parents feel like their child is growing up too fast and they hold onto things in an effort to hold onto their child’s early years.
The survey also reveals:
- The age parents miss most is when their child was two years old.
- To be able to spend just one more day with their kid at that age, parents would be willing to give up social media (46%), time off at work (37%), and dining out (36%).
- Since they can’t go back in time, 84% of parents have kept something sentimental related to an important milestone in their child’s life.
What are people keeping?
- The average parent keeps nine items from their kid’s baby years, while one in seven hold onto at least 20 things.
- Top keepsakes include baby clothes (51%), a copy of their child’s footprint or handprint (50%), their pregnancy test or ultrasound images (48%), a lock of their baby’s hair (35%) or a tooth they lost (28%).
- Parents keep these items as mementos (75%) as well as to pass down to their kids when they’re older (37%).
- If they could relive some important milestones of their child’s lives, parents would go back to their baby’s first step (44%), first laugh or smile (43%) or first time sitting up (11%).
- Parents say they’re so sentimental about items from their child’s younger years because “The socks are so tiny and cute,” “Because they change so much and so fast,” “It reminds me of a happy time,” and they “Really miss them being a child.”
As a mom myself I can attest to the fact being a parent does make you wayyyy more sentimental. I swear I cry at everything my kids do. My oldest son gives me all my first and my youngest gives me all my last, so I go through tissues more than anything I know.
LauRen Merola Strager is a former NFL & NBA cheerleader turned radio host. LauRen is a former Miss Pennsylvania USA and is a proud wife and mother of two. She is the owner and chief editor for her fashion and lifestyle Blog “All Of The F-Words” and is a champion for the Autism community. You can read all about LauRen’s thoughts on motherhood, pageant life, and everyday life through her online content.