Yay!  Your baby can hold their head up and not look a martian when you try to prop them up, but how do you make that translate into cute?  Honestly, 3 months isn’t really the time for professional pictures.  They’re too big to be amazing newborns, and too small to really get a gleeming smile or chuckle.

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If you want “newborn” photos I recommend the earlier the better, but of course you can take them ANYTIME.  These are of P at 1 month of age.

• Take pictures of everything, are they asleep, are they crying, you’ll like them later!
• Take the props with you.  The little duck shows how small she is, and the pacifier shows how hard we worked to get a decent photo.
• Light their little eyes.  Make sure there is a light source in front of them.  I take most of her pictures in a chair that faces a sliding glass window.  That makes her eyes have those catchlights, makes her look alive and like she’s something special.
• No need for socks.  Unless you have amazingly cute socks or shoes, just leave them off.  You’l miss those tiny piggie toes one day!

But again, just TAKE PHOTOS.  You can do it!  Just give it a try!

**I can’t stress enough taking EARLY newborn photos.  If you are waiting until you feel good enough to get great pictures, your baby will have baby acne and you will be sad.  I may or may not have cried through a couple of photo shoots in the bliss of postpartum depression, but I’m glad I did them.  Of course, take pictures all through your child’s life — but that first week is PRIME newborn time!

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Bundle them up!  This pictures shows how amazingly adorable the baby can be in all those cute bright blankets you got for your baby shower.  They’re just the right size, and they won’t be great for long, so you might as well use them now!

Go naked!  Sure, don’t post them all over the internet (and this one isn’t actually my favorite, but it’s the best one that’s fit for internet consumption) but the little belly button, those crackly fingers and toes.  They’re gone all too soon!

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And pasted below for your viewing pleasure:

Yes, it does look like my baby is floating in a black nebula.  Thanks for asking. 
She’s not.  At least not in the photos.

I just take black fleece that I bought at Joann’s (look for a sale, or use a coupon to get the best price, of course).  I bought 2 yards, I’m pretty sure.  I just drape it over an overstuffed chair.  In the beginning I kind of shoved her in between two pillows so she’d prop up, but now I’m just hurrying to take a picture before she runs off.  We used a duck we got as a baby present.  Easy Schmeezy, and I love to see how much bigger she’s gotten!

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Let’s face it, hospitals are pretty boring places.  I find, after my first baby I’m pretty well bored out of my mind, and trying to savor it before I go home to complete chaos.  It’s a great time to take pictures of those little babes.  Their faces all scrunchy, head all coned, face read and spotted.  Let’s face it — they’re not getting any smaller.

Most hospital rooms have a window in them.  For these shots I just did them on the bed, and made sure she was looking at the light (sometimes you have to turn them around, since they sometimes get their heads in a certain position and really like it that way).  I like how she’s in the nasty hospital bunny blanket and how tiny and amazing she looks.  I sure love my little subject.  I’m glad I got some good shots in the hospital.****
Edited to add in 2014, don’t be afraid to ask your nurse to take some family shots.  We WANT you to remember that day and have wonderful memories to look back on.  I don’t mind taking a few photos.  I guess it could get excessive, but it’s not like labor nurses are shrinking violets.

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