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Once it’s filled with pictures of family and friends, this adorable vinyl photo book will be full of precious memories for your baby to look through and enjoy. Baby’s photo book holds up to five 4″ x 6″ photos, plus one wallet size photo on the front surrounded by colorful scenery and Baby Einstein¿ characters.
I bought this album and the “Who Loves Baby” album that is also widely available in stores. This one is better. The plastic used to line the picture sleeves is a matte finish, whereas the “Who Loves Baby” is a shiney finish that causes distracting bubbles, lines, and sticky discolorations of the photos. In low light the “Who Loves Baby” book works well, but in any kind of sunlight, window light, or bright light you have trouble seeing the picture without reflections. There are two “Who Loves Baby” book versions out there. One is rectangular–the slots in those books are a little less troublesome with reflections, but still stick to the photos in an odd way. The other version has a wavy, rounded shape–that’s the one with really awful reflections/stickiness. Avoid that version if you can. The Baby Einstein book is much easier to look through. It has the matte plastic sleeves, little tabs for turning the pages, and a more solid feel. My only complaint is that it holds fewer photos than the “Who Loves Baby” book. That one holds two more (or three, depending on how you use it) than the Einstein version. The Einstein book holds one wallet photo (on the cover) and five 4x6 photos. I wish it held six or seven 4x6s.
My standard first Christmas gift for my kids is a photo album of favorite people. This is by far the best album. The top is a little carry handle the child can chew on. The pages are adorable, and there are little flaps that ensure the pictures won’t slip out. The album is plastic, so of course the pictures kind of stick to the pages, but we’re not talking acid-free quality photo stuff, it is something a baby can beat up and chew on. There are little Einstein characters on each page your kid can probably recognize from the videos. We fill each of our books with pictures of Mommy & Daddy, siblings, grandparents, etc., and this one has a little slot on the front that is perfect for a close-up of the baby. Everyone just flipped over it, much more so than the cloth ones we’ve used in the past (which, by the way, had places to write in them and the ink ran when it got slobbered on).