Pregnancy & Baby Index: Baby 6-9 months: 25 precious poses of baby for your scrapbook
25 precious poses of baby for your scrapbook
Kristina Springer
Scrapbooking is the latest craze, especially among
moms. Pull up to a scrapbook specialty store like
Archiver's on any Friday night, and the parking lot is
loaded with minivans. Late night soccer game? No. But
you will find 50 or so moms busily working on their
family's scrapbook pages, enjoying some adult time,
and chatting about their beautiful children.
Kids grow up fast and babies change so much their first year.
Knowing which precious poses you should capture will
be a great asset to you when constructing your baby's
first scrapbook.
Here are 25 precious poses you must take
that first year, and scrapping tips from moms who have been making
scrapbooks for years.
Tip number 1: Pregnancy pages
Start from the beginning and show baby what life was
like before she was born. You can begin with a picture
of you holding the positive pregnancy test. Kristi
West, a Raleigh, North Carolina mother of two suggests that you also
include shots of mom's belly growing each month and
ultrasound pictures.
Scrapping idea: Write a letter to baby about how you
are feeling, what life is like at the time, and your
dreams for her.
Tip number 2: The nursery
You and your spouse worked so hard preparing the
perfect nursery. Take several shots from different
angles to someday show your little guy his first room.
Scrapping idea: Save pieces of fabric from the crib
bedding and a paint sample card to dress up the page.
Tip number 3: Family tree
Introduce your baby to the family with a family tree
page.
Scrapping idea: Nora Parkman, a Plainfield, Illinois mother
of two says, "I cut out a tree from brown paper
then used leaf stencils. I cut all the pictures
into leaf shapes and decorated with more paper
leaves."
Tip number 4: First day
Take plenty of photos of baby's first day in the
world. Get shots of you and your spouse with the baby,
the doctors and nurses, and all of the baby's
visitors.
Scrapping idea:
Kristin Bratsch from Bountiful, Utah, said that she made a page with
her
daughter in the hospital bassinet and put the actual ID bracelets that
she, her husband and the baby had to wear on the page with sticky glue
dots.
Tip number 5: Welcome home
Take shots of your baby's homecoming and first week at
home. Try to get a shot of the baby first being
carried into the house and any guests waiting there to
greet him.
Scrapping idea: Make a border across the top of the
page with small pictures of all the flowers, stuffed
animals, etc. that guests sent or brought to your
baby.