I get a surprised response from a lot of mothers when I explain to them that the best time to photograph their newborn is in the first few days of life. If you want to know the truth, I’d love for everyone to just stop on by on their way home from the hospital!! LOL There are a lot of reasons why photographing your newborn duruing those first 10 days is best and I plan on doing a whole post dedicated to that very topic. But the #1 reason to photograph your baby during the first week is – they are SLEEPY!! Sleepy babies mean I can work my magic, spin my web, cast my spell – more specifically, I can curl them into their womb-like sleepy sweetness that only lasts for a breath of a second.
I recently photographed this sweet baby M who was an old man by my standards (3 weeks old! gasp) But everyone who knows me, knows I never back down from a challenge. Doesn’t mean I can’t still work magic, but WOWZERS this little guy made me work for it!! I tell you, THIS one had a plan all along – and it was to get to MOMMY. When I opened this shot on my screen, I just about fell to the floor with laughter because it totally summed up our day together – cry cry cry cry cry – don’t touch me (especially don’t touch my hands or head) … cry cry cry – mommy comes=happy baby….Do you think he’s mocking me?
CHECK THIS OUT:
I can’t make these things up people….this little guy loves his mama!! So we decided to grant his wish and he got lots of this:
Mostly, though, I got a lot of THIS (read-eyeballs):
It’s okay though. I can be very patient when I have a goal in mind. I waited him out. I mean REALLY waited him out. I (mostly) always get my baby. Isn’t he sweet?? I say we BOTH got points for today. I’m so happy he’s part of my baby plan, beacuse now we can see who gets checkmate at the 6 month session – so excited to watch this little spunky guy grow over the next year. Thanks for a exhausting long challenging fun day P family! 
