Creative Monthly Baby Photos

Photo by: Leesha Seibold

One of the many fun things all parents get to enjoy while their little ones grow up, is documenting it. After only a few weeks of life, most babies already have hundreds of photos taken of them thanks to the easy access of cameras on smart phones. 

To cherish your baby memories in an interesting and unique way, create a month-to-month collage for your young one. Because the first month after having your baby can be difficult adjusting to your new lifestyle, I suggest start your personalized monthly photos at month one. The hospital where my son was born had their own staff team of photographers who came in to take his "newborn" photos. That made one less thing for me to stress about getting done.

Where do I start? 

Do you have a boy or a girl? What are your color choices for their nursery? Do you already have a specific theme for their room?

I have a boy. The theme that my husband and I agreed on for his nursery is "Superheroes". Not only does he have outfits to go with this theme, but his room looks like a comic book threw up in it. With this being said, it was fairly easy for us to decide on a theme for his monthly photos, "Superheroes".

Got my theme, now what?

Photo by: Leesha Seibold

Once you've set on a theme, it is time to collect a couple props for your babies photo shoot. I liked using a little black chalk board and writing his age on it. You can also buy stickers that say "1 month" and so on, and put those on your little one's outfit.

Another creative and cheap touch, I used a cut out of his first letter of his name. "D" for Daxton. Cheap and simple.

Last, to include your theme, get one yard of fabric with the color or theme you have decided on. If you have girl, chose the Disney Princesses theme, then buy fabric with one princess on it or a collage of them. Here you can see that I used my superhero theme and bought a collage superhero fabric for him to lay on.

Be creative!

Photo by: Leesha Seibold

Now that you've got your props, lay that little cutie in a simple pose with his props.

The photo on the right in particular, does not use the "D" and does use the chalk board. Anything with the age is necessary so that when someone looks through the photos they will easily be able to see how old they are and compare.

Photo by: Leesha Seibold

Here's another example in the photo on the left. No letter, but includes the age.

Questions?

Did this help you? Inspire you to do your own creative month-to-month photos of your baby? Have any creative ideas on your own you'd like to share with me? I'd love to hear from you!

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