About Up & Coming Books

Our firstborn was still nursing for comfort at 2.5 years old, and I was pregnant with our second child. I wanted to wean before the new baby arrived, but how? I knew I’d have to prepare my older kiddo for this change if my effort was going to be successful. So I wrote him a book – his weaning story. We read the book frequently in the weeks leading up to weaning day. And by then, he was able to tell his own weaning story to us! The transition was as smooth as I could have hoped for. 

Since then, I’ve written many more books for our kids to help them understand and feel prepared for various life events – starting school, travel/moves, new babies in the family, etc. Even after the book has served its purpose and our kids have successfully navigated through another change, we treasure these books which also commemorate milestones in their development.

My husband Boris and I created Up & Coming Books to make it easy for other families to create similar personalized photo storybooks to help kids through life’s transitions. 

We hope that Up & Coming books can help your families too. 

Best,

Rebecca and Boris