MY FIRST READING GLASSES, MY FIRST GRAY HAIR, MY FIRST COSMETIC SURGERY. . .

Middle age, like babyhood, is an exciting developmental stage filled with memorable firsts and growth spurts (pot bellies, chin hairs, liver spots, and knee flaps). And what better way to remember all the little details that make you special—your bottle formula (Pinot or Cosmo?), your toilet training (Make public announcement? Engage in self-praise?)— than to write them down in your very own Boomer Baby Book, an invitation for every over-40 man (It’s prostate, not prostrate) and woman (“Is it hot in here or is it me?” ) to celebrate—who else?—yourself!