Organize records of your child into something usable

Organize what I have recorded about my child into something usable.

1. **Sort what I gave you by what it is** — ***a first, a change over time, a one-off moment, a thing they said, a photo with no context.*** **Each is used differently**
2. **Put it in time order**, and ***mark where I am unsure of the date.*** **A guessed date recorded as fact is unfixable later**
3. **Find what is missing** — ***periods with nothing recorded.*** **Say which, so I can fill them while anyone still remembers**
4. **Separate what only makes sense with context** — ***a photo or a quote that will mean nothing in ten years without a line beside it.*** **Say what line to add now**
5. **What is worth keeping and what is duplicated** — *a record nobody can find anything in stops being used*

**Then:**
- **What to record going forward**, and ***the smallest habit that would keep it going*** — **an elaborate system stops within a month**
- **What only I know** and nobody else can reconstruct. ***That is the part to write down first***
- **What to ask other people to add** before they forget

⚠️ ***Do not write memories I did not give you. Do not fill in details, embellish, or infer what happened.*** **This is a record — an invented detail becomes family fact.** ***Before sharing anything publicly, note that this is about a person who cannot consent yet.***