Your Newborn in the Hospital - Put It In Your Scrapbook!

February 21, 2007

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After nine long months, your baby has finally arrived. The nurses take and clean the baby while you move to another room. If you’ve had an epidural your legs feel like they are encased in cement. Relaxing in the hospital room, you both await the arrival of your squeaky clean newborn.

If you are breastfeeding, the lactating nurse will accompany baby to show you what to do. Breastfeeding enhanced the bond between me and my son. Those little gums felt like a grip at first, but the pain was manageable enough for the chance to bring nourishment from my own body to feed my baby.

Baby Picture Ideas:

Put daddy back to work. Take a picture of the nurse as she wheels your child into the room. Baby will probably be asleep so take the opportunity to snap a few pictures. As baby feeds for the first time, keep taking photos as long as it doesn’t disrupt him/her. Let mom fix her hair first, though. Ask the nurse to take a picture of the three of you.

Get pictures of daddy changing his first diaper. The look on his face will be priceless.

Family and friends will stop by with balloons and flowers for mommy and baby. Photograph all the gifts and then each visitor with mommy and the baby.

When the baby’s doctor makes a trip to the hospital, be sure to get pictures of that, too.

Baby Scrapbook Ideas:

Save everything from the hospital: wrist bands, door sign, bassinet sign, and a copy of baby’s footprints. Everything can be used to create lasting memories in your scrapbook. Use a picture of baby alone as the centerpiece of your scrapbook page.

Since baby’s birth is a blessed event, use baby shower confetti to decorate your scrapbook. Take a glue stick and make a few wavy lines down both sides of the page. Sprinkle the confetti on it and pour off the excess.

Your little darling has made it into the world. Now the fun begins!

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