Question 1

Who is Welcome Home, Baby for?

Accepted Answer

The day your new baby comes home and meets your pet, in a book your child will grow up reading. Your real pet is on every page, illustrated from your own photographs.

Question 2

Will the pet in the book actually look like ours?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Your pet is illustrated from the photographs you send, in our signature watercolor style, and you see every page before anything is printed.

Question 3

What do I need to provide, and when?

Accepted Answer

After checkout you share your pet's name and photos, your child's name and any other family members, and a starting look for each person. A sentence about your family is welcome, but nothing more is required.

Question 4

How long until it arrives?

Accepted Answer

Your proof comes within 48 hours of receiving your photos, and nothing prints until you say yes. After you approve, printing takes about three to five business days, and free US ground shipping usually adds three to five more. Express at checkout brings the shipping down to a day or two; it cannot speed the printing.

Question 5

Will it arrive in time, for the shower, the holiday, the birthday?

Accepted Answer

Most of our books are gifts, and most gifts have a date. Tell us yours and we’ll tell you what’s possible. After you approve your proof, your book takes about three to five business days to print and bind, then ships. Standard delivery adds three to five more, and Express brings that last part down to a day or two. Express speeds the shipping, not the printing, so the earlier you order, the safer the date. Already ordered and the day is near? Send us a message and we’ll do everything we can.

Question 6

Will I see the book before it’s printed?

Accepted Answer

Yes, always. You see every page and approve it before anything is printed, with your first proof back within 48 hours of receiving your photos. If a face needs softening, a coat color isn’t quite right, or a small detail feels off, tell us and we’ll fix it. You can ask for changes as many times as you like. Nothing prints until you say yes.

Question 7

How does personalizing the book work?

Accepted Answer

Every book is built around your pet, your child, and whichever family members you choose to include. After checkout, you’ll receive a short personalization form. You choose a starting character for each person, then send us as much as you’d like: reference photos, and the details that make someone themselves (a hair color, a beard, glasses, a favorite outfit, a small object that matters). The starting characters are a beginning, not a limit. We work from there.

Welcome Home, Baby

We will never send you a book we wouldn’t put on our own shelf.

Read the whole book first.

From families who came before you.