From the category archives:

Photo

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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Activity #571: Make an easy swaddling blanket

by RookieMom Heather on March 3, 2010

in Crafty, Month 2, Photo, Prenatal, Sleepy

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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Timestamp a monthly baby photo

by Whitney on February 26, 2010

in Crafty, Free/Cheap, Link love, Month 1, Photo

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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Activity #556: Chill out in the snow

by RookieMom Heather on February 22, 2010

in Green, Month 5, Outside, Photo

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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Activity #161: Walk this way

by RookieMom Heather on February 16, 2010

in Month 11, Photo

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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Activity #315: Collect all the funny faces together

by RookieMom Heather on January 5, 2010

in Geeky, Month 11, Photo

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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Activity #256: Make a Memory game

by Whitney on December 22, 2009

in Crafty, Month 12, Photo

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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Activity #224: Take picture of sleeping baby

by Whitney on December 11, 2009

in Month 2, Photo, Sleepy

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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Activity #14: Model new outfits

by RookieMom Heather on November 12, 2009

in Month 4, Photo

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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Halloween cuteness

by Whitney on October 31, 2009

in Month 6, Photo

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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