Why you should want to be in your newborn photos with your baby | Spokane, Washington

Newborn photos are not just for your baby, they’re for you too. And dad and your other children. Newborn photos are a celebration of a new life. They are marking a moment when your family grew and changed forever. Your newborn photos should include your entire immediate family, not just the new baby.

Absolutely we want to preserve your fresh baby’s features like cord stumps, curled feet, peach fuzz, flaky skin, rolls, all the good things. We want to capture the sweet yawns, but what about the way your husband held your baby in his hands? What about the way your baby’s forehead wrinkled while she nursed, what about the sparkle in your older child’s eyes while they looked at their brand new baby brother? All of those moments and feelings matter. You should want to be in your newborn photos.

I completely understand that it can feel hard to want to be in professional photos while you are in fresh postpartum. Being photographed is vulnerable no matter when it’s being done, but especially during postpartum, but you should still want the photos, to be in the photos. So many moms don’t get nearly enough photos with their new baby and this is just one way to make sure that you do, from every most flattering angle you would want, done beautifully. Some day you’ll wish you had more photos no matter how many you took. Get in the photos with your baby. Find a photographer with expertise in full family, lifestyle newborn photography to take your photos and preserve this fleeting time.

Being in the photos with your family will allow you to connect with your new baby, but you’ll also walk away with so much more. Photos of the love between you and your husband. Photos with your older kids that they can look at and remember that mom loves them just as much as the new baby on the hard days. Photos with their new sibling that they can be proud of.

There are so many reasons to be in your baby’s newborn photos, but mostly do it for you.