Personalised book about choosing baby sibling name

What happens in your child's Baby Name Search

1. Your child hears that the family is choosing a name for the baby.
2. Your child starts a notebook of name ideas from a walk around town.
3. At home, your child shares each idea at the kitchen table.
4. The family talks kindly about favourites and keeps listening.
5. Your child adds one last note for the baby and feels ready to meet them.

How the first page could read

On the kitchen table sat a small notebook with a bright, blank cover. “We need some help,” said Mum. “We’re thinking about names for the baby.” your child pulled up a chair. A baby needed a name, and your child had plenty of ideas to look for.

Your child’s name, look and little details replace these words, and the whole story is written for their age.

Why this story works

Choosing a baby’s name is a real family conversation that older children often notice, especially when they are full of questions about who the baby will be. This story gives your child, aged four to seven, a clear and manageable part to play: spotting ideas, saying them aloud and hearing that grown-ups are listening. It does not put the responsibility of the final decision on the child. Instead, it makes room for their curiosity and their place in the family before the baby arrives. Their personalised appearance helps make the kitchen-table conversations and little notebook feel close to home.

Reading it together

• Pause at each name idea and ask your child whether they have heard a name they like at nursery, school or in a favourite story.
• Use the notebook moment to let your child draw a pretend name badge for the baby, without promising that name will be chosen.
• At the end, remind your child that families can listen to everyone’s ideas while Mum and Dad make the final choice.

Suggested art style: Storybook watercolour

Soft watercolour suits the everyday warmth of family walks, kitchen chats and a child’s handwritten notebook. A sidekick idea: a chatty robin who suggests names from street signs. You can pick any of the four styles and change the details in the form.