Comments on: Activity #224: Take picture of sleeping baby

By: Rookie Mom Challenge #3: sneaking in on sleeping babies — RookieMoms Blog

Rookie Mom Challenge #3: sneaking in on sleeping babies — RookieMoms Blog — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:46:16 +0000

[...] gives us some excellent tips on photographing those angelic fall-asleep-anywhere newborns, but since I don’t currently own one of those models, I had to try a different [...]

By: Take an arty baby picture » Rookie Moms

Take an arty baby picture » Rookie Moms — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:30:48 +0000

[...] Whitney has some other good ideas for artfully photographing a sleeping baby. [...]

By: Announce baby’s arrival » Rookie Moms

Announce baby’s arrival » Rookie Moms — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:45:12 +0000

[...] Make sure the baby (and you) are rested, fed and watered. Everything goes smoothly with a happy baby and mommy. A sleeping baby is more patient than an awake baby and the photos are great. [...]

By: cry it out

cry it out — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 22:45:44 +0000

A great, great idea — especially for cards. Those little buggers are so hard to pose! I found, however, that sneaking into a dark room and blasting my daughter with a flash works quite well. Of course, I would only do this at the tail end of a very long nap, rather than the middle of the night. Unless you don’t mind a terrified baby at 3 a.m.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:16:46 +0000

My friend Molly sent me a picture when baby Finn was sleeping. At the time, I was thrilled that she was using the receiving blanket I gave her.

Later on, when Holden was 16 weeks old and his sleeping schedule was all over the place, she sent me the same picture to reassure me that babies do sleep.