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Gift a journal

Give her the baby journal that becomes a linen book.

She writes it on her phone, a few words and a photo at a time. The hardcover is printed from what she writes. Give it with the hardcover, and the book is already paid for.

Choose her gift

She has three years to redeem it.

Hear from 4 of our mums Including Lauren, our founder’s partner

A finished First Year Journal held on a lap: a linen hardcover with the baby's name on the cover

A baby book is only a gift if it gets filled in.

A paper baby book asks a busy mum-to-be or new mum to sit down with a pen and print her photos. In the public parent discussions we reviewed, gifted paper books that never got filled in came up more than once.

  • The Makia app open to the Month Three prompt "These are your favourite things", with the answer written in

    On the phone she already holds

    A photo and a few words whenever something happens. One memory at a time is enough.

  • The same memory as a designed journal spread: the favourite things answer on the left page and a smiling photo on the right

    Prompts when she wants them

    Each chapter has gentle prompts, so she never starts at a blank page. She can leave one out, or come back to it later.

  • A printed linen hardcover baby journal with the baby's name on the cover, held against a pregnant bump

    A book printed from her pages

    When she’s ready, she orders the linen hardcover from the app. It’s printed from what she wrote, so it’s never an empty book.

Real stories

From parents who kept a Makia journal.

Alice — adds moments as they happen, then fills in the details later

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Hi, I’m Alice, a mum of two, and I’ve completed both the Baby Bump and the First Year Journal for both of my kids.

What I love most about the Makia journals is the online format. Life with a baby is just so hectic. I love being able to jump on, enter things as they were happening, and then when I had more time, I could go back, add more details, edit and change things around.

That first year, so much happens and it goes by so quickly, so I love having somewhere to record all the milestone memories and little moments all in the one place. And now my kids love looking back at their journals, which is just so special, so I would definitely recommend this journal to any new or expecting mum.

Lauren — our founder's partner, now pores over the printed books with her kids

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My name is Lauren and I’m a mother of two. I used Makia The Baby Journal to create baby journals of both of my two children.

I found the platform super easy to use and I love the quality of the books once they’re printed. My kids and I love poring over them and remembering everything that happened in my pregnancy and their first year.

I would definitely recommend Makia The Baby Journal to any parents looking to create a keepsake of them and their little ones.

Emmanuelle — giving her daughter the keepsake she never had

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So this is Makia The Baby Journal, and I love it because it’s a gift to my daughter that she will always have, something I didn’t have. All of my mother’s memories were kind of sporadic and all over the place. There was lots of hair and old photos stuck to albums, and just a little bit of info here and there, but having them all in one place just makes it so much easier to carry on and continue.

But it’s also gorgeous and beautifully made, and really special. So yeah, thank you so much.

Juliana — a busy mum of three who just ordered two more for her older daughters

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Hello, this is my review for my Makia baby journal. I got this as a gift from my husband over Christmas. I kept the wrapping paper on it because I wanted it to stay clean, and I just absolutely love this book, this journal.

So it’s actually for my son. I have three kids right now. It’s for my youngest son, and it has all of these wonderful and amazing memories in it. It has all of the time that we’ve been together. Sometimes, you know, you forget how awesome it was when they were a baby, and I love this. I just ordered another two for my two daughters that are older, and I cannot express how useful it is and how much value it brings to my life, especially on the quiet days. I sit down and I kind of look through my book, look through my journal.

I take 30 minutes every day, sometimes a week. I gotta admit, I’m a busy mom, but it only takes 30 minutes for me to just sit down, got a few more things to add to it, and I get this amazing copy at the end of the year, and I absolutely love it.

If you’re on the fence of getting it, if you’re not sure, my best advice is get it. You will not regret it. Thank you.

Choose her gift

One whole journal, not a dollar amount.

Her gift is the journal itself, so she never has to top it up if prices change.

  • 18 months

    of the Digital journal

    • Starts when she redeems it, not when you buy it
    • A PDF of her journal to download

  • $0

    for her linen hardcover

    • Her baby’s name on the cover, already paid for
    • Free shipping to Australia and New Zealand

  • 3 years

    to redeem it

    • The Baby Bump Journal for her pregnancy, or the First Year Journal for her baby’s first year
    • No rush: she opens it when she’s ready

Giving the Digital journal? She gets everything above except the hardcover. Her gift lets her add it at the pre-order price whenever she’s ready.

Turn the pages she'll fill in

  1. Chapter page titled “The day you arrived”.
  2. Journal page with birth prompts, such as when labour began and your first visitors, beside an empty photo frame.
  3. Journal page titled “About you”, with prompts for weight, height and star sign beside an empty photo frame.
  4. Journal page titled “On that day”, with prompts for the news, the number one song and the price of milk.
  5. Journal page about your name, with prompts such as who chose it and the story behind it, above three empty photo frames.
  6. Journal page titled “Month one”, with prompts such as your personality in three words and your list of firsts.
  7. Journal page with ten empty photo frames for month one.
  8. Journal page about the first birthday, with prompts such as where and how we celebrated.
  9. Journal page looking back on the year, with prompts such as the funniest thing you did, above three empty photo frames.

  10. The next page is hers.

    She fills them in a few words and a photo at a time.

Choose her gift: pregnancy or first year, with the book or without.

You give it today. She writes it as life happens.

  1. Choose her journal and write your message.

    Sign it from you, or from everyone.

  2. We email you the voucher.

    Print it for a card, share the link, or have us email it to her.

  3. She redeems it when she’s ready.

    She opens it, sees your message, then signs up or logs in.

  4. She writes it on her phone, and the book is printed from her pages.

Step 1: Choose the journal

Step 2: Choose the gift
Includes her book

Digital journal + hardcover

She keeps a PDF and the linen hardcover. The linen hardcover is already paid for. Nothing more for her to pay.

Digital journal

She keeps a PDF to download. Baby Bump Journal: The linen hardcover isn’t included. Her gift lets her add it at the pre-order price, A$154, whenever she’s ready. That’s A$43 off the hardcover.First Year Journal: The linen hardcover isn’t included. Her gift lets her add it at the pre-order price, A$203, whenever she’s ready. That’s A$53 off the hardcover.

Step 3: Write the gift

One person or everyone, like ‘Nana and Pop’.

Pay by Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Afterpay.

You’ll add your email and pay on the next page, by card or Afterpay. We’ll email you the voucher.

Changed your mind? We’ll refund an unredeemed voucher within 30 days.

Voucher preview

A Makia baby journal, gifted

For her name

With love, your name

The Baby Bump Journal Digital journal + linen hardcover Redeem by 2 November 2029

The gift code and QR code are added after you pay.

Giving it together? One of you buys, everyone signs.

One of you buys it and signs it from everyone. Settle up between yourselves. Afterpay is there for whoever pays.

For example, four friends: about A$54 each for the Baby Bump Journal, or about A$76 each for the First Year Journal.

At a baby shower

Print the voucher and slip it in a card. The First Year Journal is usually the better shower gift. Showers tend to be late in the pregnancy, and her Digital journal starts when she redeems it, so she can open it when the baby arrives.

For a couple

Put both their names in “Who is it for?”.

For a group, giving it with the hardcover means there’s nothing left for her to pay.

A Baby Bump Journal page of baby shower memories: who came, the gifts and favourite moments

Already got a gift code?

Someone gave you a Makia journal?

Redeem your gift

Anything else on your mind?

She has three years from the day you buy it to redeem it. Her 18 months of the Digital journal start when she redeems it, so a gift from early pregnancy isn’t used up before the baby arrives.

With the hardcover, she gets the Digital journal and the linen hardcover, both paid for. The Digital journal on its own doesn’t include the hardcover. Her gift lets her add it at the pre-order price, A$154 for the Baby Bump Journal or A$203 for the First Year Journal, whenever she’s ready.

If she’s on a free trial of the same journal, your gift upgrades it and keeps everything she has written. If she has already bought that journal for this baby, the gift can’t go on it again. She can use it for another child instead. Not sure? Choose the other journal, or ask someone close to her.

Yes. When she redeems it, she chooses which child it’s for, or “It’s for someone new”.

Yes. You can pay by card or Afterpay.

Shipping is free to Australia and New Zealand. She orders the book from the app when her journal is done. Making the book can take up to 14 days after she orders it, and delivery takes extra time.

Changed your mind? We’ll refund an unredeemed voucher within 30 days of purchase. Contact us.

A Month Four spread from a printed First Year Journal: a list of firsts on the left page and family photos on the right

Give her somewhere to keep the little things.

The scans, the first kicks, the late-night feeds. A few words at a time, printed in a book she’ll keep.

Choose her gift

She has three years to redeem it.

Questions about a gift? Contact us.