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Ahh that's tough!!! Newborn pics are gorgeous, and like you said, they're only that teeny once. But at 6 months, they have so much personality and I feel like the pictures really reflect that.

Luckily, we didn't have to choose--we're doing both! I love LO's newborn pics but am sooo excited for his 6 month ones!

We did 6 month shoot at the mall. It turned out great! I do wish we had some nicer ones of us as a family not necessarily at newborn age, but even month 2-3?

Newborn! Come to think of it I've never seen 6 month pro pics.

i didn't do newborn pics so i might be biased, but i was looking at pictures of my LO when she was first born and she looks so completely different (and cuter) now! we are going to do 5 or 6 month pics, when she is sitting up on her own and can be more interactive.

We're getting a package that has a mini-session for both. I couldn't decide!

@Foodnerd81: Here are a couple I got of DD (I will take these done while I can still edit, I know I should just go gold....) They turned ok and saved us some money.

EDITED:)

Newborn. We didn't do staged pictures with props and animal hats. We just had pictures taken around the house, and I love them!

We had newborn done and we're hoping to get 6 month too, which I'm so much more excited about because A will be smiley and interactive. I wasn't that impressed with our newborn ones.

I don't think that I could choose, one or the other. Both are such special times in LO's life that I want memories of.

I may be the only one, but I think it would actually be easier to do newborn photos yourself and get 6 month photos done professionally. I took newborn photos myself but waited a bit too long (2 weeks old and I should have done them a day or two after we got home from the hospital when I had my husband's help and baby was more sleepy). However, I still don't regret not having professional newborn photos. We had 3 and 6 month photos taken at Target and were very happy with all of them. We did a few family photos at the 6 month shoot and they came out great. We're planning on getting an actual photographer to take 1 year photos this June in an outdoor setting.

we paid for newborn photos, and I'm having professional 6-m done for free! long story but I'm totally excited for them. However, I wouldn't have paid for them I don't think - I just splurged on a DSLR so I would have attempted some of my own

@yerpie110: so true! our NB photo shoot took 4.5 hours...and we got maybe 24 pictures? haha! it was exhausting.

As a newborn photographer, I agree that it's much easier to DIY a 6 month shoot. It's possible to do your own newborn photos, but a lot more goes into that type of session.

I would choose newborn--I regret not getting them done. The first few days were so chaotic for me. I was exhausted, had PPD, my milk hadn't come in, and I was just overall stressed. I didn't have time to savor how little my LO was nor did I take the time to take too many pictures. At six months, we had settled into a routine, I was more comfortable with my role as a mother and subsequently had more time. We've never had any professional pictures of LO taken but I have taken far more pictures of LO at six months than at a few days old.

newborn!

we did it at 9 months! i think 6 months would be perfect!!! i think the chubbed out babies at 6 months are the BEST.

at least for us, LO was at his skinniest at 2 weeks (losing weight after birth from jaundice and just normal after birth losing weight) -- it would have been sweet to have pictures of him then, too, but if i'm only going to spend for 1 professional shoot, i'd chooselater!

That's hard! I LOVE our newborn pictures and I like being able to remember how teensy weensy he was once (definitely not anymore!) but I would love some pictures that capture his little boy personality that has come out now (5 months old today). I think that in the future I'll do newborn ones myself (or have someone else take them with our DSLR) and save the pros for 6 months.