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Want to know the secret to a successful newborn se

Want to know the secret to a successful newborn session?

It’s often a very anxious and stressful time right after you have had a baby and preparing for a newborn session whilst still recovering from birth can be very difficult.

Here are my top 3 tips for have the most relaxed session.

1. Lower your expectations for everyone. Baby, toddlers , older children, yourself. Things don’t go to plan, babies cry, the poop, the need feeding more , they won’t settle easily. Toddlers won’t listen. It’s happens on every session. Things won’t always go smoothly but remaining positive, keeping calm and going with the flow in the long run might feel counter productive but I always get what I need from the session even if we spend over half the session calming baby, changing nappies and endless feeds we’ll get there and it’s so much easier if you are feeling calm. Babies pick up on their parent energy so happy and positive thoughts are always welcome.

2. Planned feeding: it’s always a good idea to time your feeds where possible with my arrival. Nice full tummies, drifting off to sleep in your arms is perfect. If you baby slightly older and is starting to have more awake periods it might be wise to have a back up bottle of expressed milk or formula ( if they are taking a bottle) on standby to use to settle them. Dummies are also fab for those babies who love to suck for comfort. But always keep in the back if your mind we have time to stop and feed if we need to. There is always time 🥰

3. Have a few outfit options ready incase there is a poo explosion🤣 . I love to take various photos of them in different ways . Some of them in a little outfit, as well as some fit them wrapped up and if we’re lucky ,naked. We will usually start with wrapped if they are unsettled so having your baby dressed in something easy to remove to start off with is always helpful so we don’t upset them too much undressing them 🥹

When the change of seasons means more in home sess

When the change of seasons means more in home sessions. It takes the sting out of summer ending a little, plus is my birthday month soon so, sliver linings and all that jazz 🥰

In home doesn’t have to mean newborn or small toddlers. It can be anything you want it to be.

Throwing back ti a wonderful December session with @sophia.cousins in 2022. And yes it feels like yesterday I got to hang out with these wonderful humans 🥰

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