It Had to Be You: A High Contrast Book For Newborns (A Love Poem Your Baby Can See, 1)

This high-contrast book has quickly become a favorite in our home! The visuals are simple yet engaging, making it perfect for capturing our newborn’s attention during tummy time or quiet moments. The short, rhyming poem adds a sweet and calming touch, creating a lovely bonding experience for us. The book’s length is ideal for keeping a newborn’s focus, and the sturdy design is great for little hands as they grow. Highly recommend this as an early introduction to books—it’s educational, adorable, and a joy to read!

My baby loves these books, I ending up buying all three and she loves them. I love that the book incorporated the color red which is why I think she loves the books so much! The stories are cute and touched my heart. Such a sweet book for my sweet blessing

Bought this as a Valentines gift for my baby. I can't read this without crying at the end. It perfectly summarizes how I feel about my sweet girl. I get so happy when she pulls it out and flips through the pages.

I’ve followed Loryn for a long time from the feminist baby comics, but when she recently started sharing her infertility and parenting journey I loved her work even more. While I am not parenting a special needs child like she is, I went through a few years of infertility like she and her husband did. Wanting a baby but your body not working right to make one is a surprising kind of hell and trauma that I would not wish on my enemies. But sometimes there is a silver lining to the story when you get lucky enough to become a parent through time, fertility treatments, or adoption - that baby has a glimmer of extra luck in your heart that makes all the sadness and grief of the infertility journey the tiniest bit less awful. I truly love and embrace those who decide not to pursue treatments or other methods, the healing that has to take place is immense. Anyway, this book could be for any family, not just those parenting after pregnancy loss or infertility. It truly speaks to how for many parents, the “ah ha” moment of meeting your child - whether they have special needs or not - is so deep and resounding when it happens (and it’s normal for that feeling to not be immediate and come with time, too). And of course, the babies love this book! My no-longer-a-baby 4 year old loves the story and to talk about how mama and daddy worked with doctors to get her here, and how special she is in our hears. I bought five copies just based on what Loryn shared from it on Instagram and upon arrival yesterday gave one to a neighbor with a younger baby who gazed intently at the beautiful contrasting black and white images. High marks from all the kiddos! Buy this book! And all Loryn’s other books! And follow @lorynbrantz on Instagram!

This book was soo special to read with my newborn. It was something they could see and the meaning of the book was very special. It has such a sweet message and I love the part two of the book “Now That You’re Here.”

This book is adorable. I think it is especially meaningful if you have waited a while for your little one and know how truly precious they are.

This book is so sweet. A favorite to read to the kids. The quality is good. The contrast colors are nice. Really appreciate this poem.

Precious text & illustrations! This is a wonderful baby or shower gift. A high-contrast board book, these are designed to help early baby vision see.

Mi preferido. Se lo obsequié a mi nieto cuando nació, el ya tiene 6 meses y cada vez que voy a su casa trato de leerlo con él. Lo que dice el libro es realmente lo que sentíamos por él antes que naciera y obviamente siempre será así. Muy amado.

I purchased this book for my baby but ended up liking it even more than my baby does haha! I always get emotional reading it and have purchased it as a baby shower gift for a few of my friends.

a lovely book made especially for babies and my boy is allready 3 but still likes looking at it from time to time. loved it

Great baby shower gift. The illustrations are beautiful. Love the poem, it's so heartfelt.

Lo compré como regalo para una amiga que tuvo problemas para quedarse embarazada y le encantó.