“If their start was harder than you'd hoped — special care, a long wait, a rocky beginning — tell it when you're ready.”

Why this question

Only if and when you want to. Some parents find that writing it down, even years later, is the moment it becomes part of the story rather than a weight.

Capturing it in voice

• ·Say the date and their age out loud at the start. In ten years that one detail will do half the work.
• ·If a sibling wanders in mid-recording, keep going. The interruption is the memory.
• ·Answer it yourself first, then ask them the same question and keep both. Two voices, one moment.

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