Two geeky girls’ guide to the first year of motherhood.
From the category archives:
Look at my son. Sigh. This photo was taken almost five years ago at a photoshoot for my former employer who had a last minute need for a baby model.
Although I am usually opposed to studio photography, there is something about it that’s easy to look at. I guess that’s why our parents took us [...]
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DIY mamas-to-be and wannabes: This is one easy project that will give you bang for your $5.
When shopping for receiving blankets, it seems that there are 3 kinds of totally WRONG kinds of blankets: cute but stretchy, too small, or not square. Uggh! For a true Harvey-Karp-style swaddle, you need a biggish piece of flannel [...]
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How cute is this series of photos from Hey Jen Renee? She created a printout for each month of her daughter’s first year and took a photo of her baby girl “holding” it.
At the end of the year, she printed the twelve photos and placed them in an accordion fold-style photo album so that they [...]
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After returning from a jaunt to Tahoe with his toddler, Ainslie, I asked our friend Doug for tips on fun stuff to do in the snow (that’s right old friends, I’m embarrassed to admit it but snow is something we visit out here — not endure. And we “jaunt”).
For the baby set:
walk around with bjorn [...]
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Little pre-walkers need lots of practice and encouragement. Walk around slowly holding junior’s hands.
If possible, get someone to take a picture from behind with baby and your adult hands supporting him – super cute!
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Last week I saw a post with 25 ideas for scrapbook pages for your baby. It reminded me to share three ideas with you for second children. We don’t want them totally neglected in the baby book department.
Holding a framed photo. My friend Emily snapped this picture of her baby boy Desmond at 6 months [...]
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I am the first person to delete the blurry pictures and the closed-eyes pictures from my computer. Despite what my MIL might think, I make a strong effort to edit what I share with the world.
What about the funny, goofy faces? Do those get chucked out too? Well, how sad.
Do yourself a favor [...]
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Here’s a gift idea. Make a personalized version of the game Memory. You know, where you turn over two tiles to try to make a match. Each time you make a match, you remove the tiles until you have matched all the pairs.
I made this for my grandparents one Christmas. It [...]
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Sometimes young babies make annoyingly weird faces when you’re trying to take a picture to prove to the world how cute they really are.
In the first couple months, I found that Julian was actually a very good model while he slept. He didn’t cry or cross his eyes or make a rooting face. [...]
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Continue to try on all the new outfits you got as gifts, no matter how silly you think they are, and photograph him in the clothes before he outgrows them.
Remember to take pictures when outfit is fresh (it took me 3 tries on this outfit and I finally dressed him in the living [...]
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This is my favorite format of a Mom’s Group picture. If you have the chance to imitate it, please do!
I saw it on the Facebook page of a former co-worker and he gave me permission to publish. Thanks, Rookie Dad Eric!
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San Francisco-based photographer Nancy Alcott is a rookie mom who is on a mission to save you from yourself when it comes to producing a photo appropriate for a holiday card. Her aesthetic is clean and modern. No holiday sweaters allowed.
Here are Nancy’s tips:
Dress them like kids, not elves.
The holidays are festive but be [...]
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The Rookie Mom's Handbook: 250 Activities to Do with (and Without!) Your Baby
