https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:22:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos/page/2#post-2560593 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 10:57:02 +0000 MrsGeePerez 2560593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We take tons of photos but don't regularly do the monthly ones. I did do 6 month, I'll probably do 9, and definitely 1 year! </p> <p>:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2560343 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 03:05:50 +0000 Notorious.V3 2560343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did them, but I tried to keep them fun and light. Even though I'm a photographer and a perfectionist, I wasn't super crazy about the pictures being 100 percent staged every time. I let him have fun with it :)</p> <p>[attach=7368/16/o84x7i.480x600.IMG_20160330_233636.jpg]</p> <p>[attach=7368/16/o84x99.480x600.IMG_20160330_233636.jpg]</p> <p>[attach=7368/16/o84x9a.600x600.IMG_20160131_191747.jpg] </p> [attach=7368/16/o84xaj.600x467.FB_IMG_1464738393772.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2560310 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 21:59:31 +0000 Reese 2560310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pickles: :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2559953 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 11:19:39 +0000 Mrs. Pickles 2559953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@QBbride: seriously @Reese: has skills!!</p> <p>I just take a lot of pictures haha, </p> <p>I did do a scrapbook for LO1's first year, I just really don't think it's going to happen in 25 days this time around </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2559355 Tue, 31 May 2016 09:08:37 +0000 MaisyMay 2559355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did weekly photos until 12 weeks with LO1. Lo2 we are trying to do the same but missed 2 weeks. After that, we will try to do studio pics 2-3 times a year. </p> [attach=407/16/o81oq0.337x600.20160528_091748.jpg] [attach=407/16/o81oq2.600x337.20160528_091223.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2559352 Tue, 31 May 2016 09:01:36 +0000 nana87 2559352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't, I just took tons of pictures </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2559317 Tue, 31 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000 snowjewelz 2559317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did them, but was not crazy about keeping the same spot, same position, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2559275 Tue, 31 May 2016 04:22:26 +0000 Reese 2559275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: Aw, thanks!! I recently started taking a night class so I can learn the more technical side of photography. I bought an SLR when LO was born and have been tinkering around since. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2559268 Mon, 30 May 2016 23:48:48 +0000 Sweetpea87 2559268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I couldn't even be bothered to take weekly pregnancy photos. I think I got one every 3 weeks or so. I figure I take plenty of pictures of him, I'll just choose one from each month to order and put in his album. Maybe with some notes as described above. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2559263 Mon, 30 May 2016 22:05:45 +0000 simplyfelicity 2559263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Reese: She's right! Your pics are stunning! Are you doing any photography on the side? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2559212 Mon, 30 May 2016 20:16:11 +0000 Reese 2559212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@QBbride: lol puh-leeze! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2559207 Mon, 30 May 2016 20:08:52 +0000 simplyfelicity 2559207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@YogiRunner: Girl, you are in the crazy newborn phase, nobody got time for that! How is the little man doing?</p> <p>And, if haven't told you, belated CONGRATULATIONS!!! 💙 :boy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2558992 Sun, 29 May 2016 23:33:53 +0000 sometimesshesings 2558992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I mean, I've taken photos of them every month. But official monthly photos? Not even close! I like looking at other people's, but I don't like the fuss of taking them myself! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2558971 Sun, 29 May 2016 20:50:01 +0000 QBbride 2558971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: aww thanks! I don't really feel like I do, especially when I compare myself to @Reese: :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2558952 Sun, 29 May 2016 19:11:40 +0000 simplyfelicity 2558952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@QBbride: But you have so many amazing pictures of M! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2558951 Sun, 29 May 2016 19:09:56 +0000 simplyfelicity 2558951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JenGirl: Thank you for saying this. I feel like it's something I am "supposed" to do. Not that there is anything wrong with it, of course, but that would have been my motivation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2558950 Sun, 29 May 2016 19:05:24 +0000 JenGirl 2558950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I started, but realized I wasn't really doing it because I wanted to, but more in a keeping up with the Jones's kind of way, because it felt like everybody else was. So I stopped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2558943 Sun, 29 May 2016 17:56:02 +0000 QBbride 2558943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never did, although I sort of wish I had. I set the bar low for #2 though, which made things easier :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2558934 Sun, 29 May 2016 16:09:43 +0000 Reese 2558934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Happygal: same! I do weekly (and monthly) and it always has to be a different blanket/background/theme. Looking back, it was definitely ambitious. I'm looking forward to LO being 1 year so I don't need to worry about it anymore lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2558554 Sat, 28 May 2016 07:01:07 +0000 Cherrybee 2558554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never did with my first and I'm not with my second. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2558537 Sat, 28 May 2016 06:15:41 +0000 looch 2558537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had so many plans...and then I realized I liked the candid shots better, so we have at least a monthly photo but they're all so different from each other. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2558489 Fri, 27 May 2016 22:11:00 +0000 Mrs. J 2558489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do weekly, which my parents did </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2558450 Fri, 27 May 2016 20:37:24 +0000 Happygal 2558450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did, and I'm glad I have them, but it got to be more stressful than fun (so what's the point?) I wanted consistency--laying on a blanket with the same toy and a month sticker. Once she started rolling, it was so much work to get her to stay put. She didn't understand why I kept flipping her back over and trying to get her to stay still. </p> <p>I'll try to do something to document each month, but it will not involve baby staying still! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2558433 Fri, 27 May 2016 20:17:18 +0000 Mrsbells 2558433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didnt do the traditional monthly shots in the same outfit or with the same prop but I did take pictures every month because I had a 12 month photo frame, but each pciture is a different outfit and background. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2558432 Fri, 27 May 2016 20:16:02 +0000 Mrsbells 2558432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: I didnt do the "traditional" monthly pictures in the same oufit or same prop. But I still took tons of pictures and always took one every month </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2558424 Fri, 27 May 2016 20:04:20 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2558424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tried and they looked horrible and I quit! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2558411 Fri, 27 May 2016 19:34:18 +0000 stiletto_mom 2558411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't plan on doing monthly shots. If I did, I feel like it's something I'd do with my first and not my second.</p> <p>I'll probably do quarterly ones like someone else mentioned. newborn, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 1 year. Then maybe yearly. And then one on the first and last days of school. Maybe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2558396 Fri, 27 May 2016 18:41:37 +0000 californiadreams 2558396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't with DS1 but I am doing then with DS2 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2558392 Fri, 27 May 2016 18:17:57 +0000 catlady 2558392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tried but by the last few months, she wouldn't stay still on the blanket or chair that I was using so I sort of gave up. I also think I made life too hard because I had my own ideas for how I wanted to do them, but SIL gave me this whole set of month onesies and I felt obligated to take pics with those every month in addition to the ones I wanted. Basically I ended up with two partial sets of photos which we never used. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-do-monthly-photos#post-2558391 Fri, 27 May 2016 18:12:06 +0000 caterw 2558391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't do them for DD- I took pictures so often that I didn't really think it was necessary, plus I prefer candid shots of her where you can see her personality. I might do them for #2 because my mom took like zero solo pictures of my younger siblings and I want to make sure I remember to take some! </p>