What is the best age to have newborn pictures taken?

My newborn sessions usually take place between 7-25 days after baby is born.

This is as babies are the most womb-like in this time so I am able to get those curled up squishy poses, but also as babies are the sleepiest in this time so we have a bigger window of opportunity to take sleepy pictures.

In saying this, I have done newborn sessions up to 6-weeks-old which have also gone well and have resulted in a lovely gallery. It is never too late to get beautiful pictures of your baby! :)

But what I do ask is for parents of “older” newborns is to have a realisic expection as to what we may get from an ‘older’ newborn photo session.

Is baby too old for newborn photos?

As babies grow and drink lots of milk they start to build their baby rolls and chunk (which is gorgeous), but it can make it a little harder to get some of those curled up womb like poses so often I may need to use a wrap to keep baby in place etc.

Also, as babies get older they are more alert and are disturbed much easier when moving from pose to pose so more settling time during the session can be expected. Both of these differ from session to session and baby to baby so I couldn’t really predict how the session might go.

I have done many a ‘older’ newborn sessions and got what I usually get from a newborn session and I have done some where the baby is alert and so we captured those wide eye images also.

Can I have baby pictures taken if my baby is past newborn stage?

It is never too late to capture beautiful pictures of your baby. I offer several photo sessions beyond newborn pictures.

Some of my newborn parents choose to sign up to a milestones collection, which is three photo sessions capturing baby’s first year. Newborn, then a milestones session at around 6-7 months old when they start sitting followed by a 1st birthday cake smash.

All of these sessions are available individually too. Milestones sessions can be done at any time past the newborn stage, whether baby is 3 months old or 3 years old! I’ll adapt each session depending on baby’s age to give you the best possible picture selection.

You can contact me to find out more, have a chat about your options and get my full price list.