Why In-Home Newborn Photos?- Spokane, Washington

Why In-Home Newborn Photos?- Spokane, Washington

Becoming a mom is a life-changing experience. From finding out that you are pregnant to the first time you look into the eyes of your little miracle. Absolutely everything changes and you have to fumble through the world in a whole new way as a parent. This is why I am a huge supporter of newborn photography within your home.

I come to you.

Leaving the house with your new baby is HARD.

I remember so much about the first weeks after having my baby. I gave birth at home and the first time I got in the car to leave the house I was an absolute wreck of anxiety, driving the most precious thing in my world through the streets of Spokane.

In early postpartum all of the simplest tasks are much harder than before, showering, getting dressed, getting your baby dressed, packing up to leave the house. It takes longer than it used to and it takes some time to get good at it.

When you are in the early days and learning how to be a mom to your newest little addition, establishing breastfeeding bonds and still feeling like you’ve been hit by a truck from labor, trying to get anything done outside of the house feels near impossible when trying to meet the needs of healing yourself and caring for your newborn. This is why in-home newborn photography is invaluable.

I come to you and meet you where you are. No need to pack the nursery or nurse your baby in strange places. You can stay home and relaxed knowing that I’ll do the traveling for you.

My Method is baby-led and safe.

When I go to someone’s home to photograph a new baby I make sure that absolutely everything is baby-led.

We work at the pace of your baby. Allowing time for you to nurse, change, snuggle and care for your baby as needed. When you have photos taken at home, everything you need is already there, there’s no need to borrow strange diapers or swaddles.

With an in-home session your baby’s environment stays the same- same temperature, same scenery, same people, same nursing chair, same everything. Babies do best with familiar and the best way to do that is to stay home.

Your other family members will be included in the photos at home.

Often when you book studio newborn photos, the pictures are of baby only, no siblings, no parents.

I believe that having a baby is a whole family affair, everyone is involved in pregnancy, often birth, welcome home, postpartum, everything and photos should not be any different.

Including older siblings in newborn photos is a great way to help them take ownership of their new brother or sister which will help lessen the early days of jealousy and adjustment to a new baby in the house.

If grandma happens to be in town to help, I’ll include her in some photos too if you’d like.

Mom and Dad worked so hard to bring baby home and they deserve to be in their newborn photos with their new baby. Newborn photos are a great way to document the change and the new family dynamic and it’s important for the whole family to be in the pictures. Think of your photos like a little ceremony for the family, marking the day you all move forward in your new life together. These photos are an opportunity to freeze the quickly fleeting season of having a newborn in the home.

Photos that look natural

This is another important thing to consider: in-home newborn photos look very natural and capture the true newborn season in your home. The way you held your baby, the way your baby dozed off in the middle of your bed, your breastfeeding journey, it’s all captured in your in-home newborn photoshoot.

Most parents who opt in to having photos taken at home want to document all the sweet little details of their newborn baby- the flaky skin, the umbilical stump, the little wrinkles and tiny fingernails, the creases in their feet, the fine baby hair.

When you book a lifestyle photographer like me, the memories of those details will be preserved in your photos for you to look back at and remember where your baby came from and what a miracle the experience of having a baby is. I believe babies are perfect exactly as they are and love to capture them just that way in photos.

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