https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 09:16:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-hospitalbirth-center-do-newborn-footprints#post-228674 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:40:22 +0000 banana 228674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup. They did the footprint on the birth certificate. We helped. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-hospitalbirth-center-do-newborn-footprints#post-228629 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:22:07 +0000 cvbee 228629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, and it's too bad.<br /> I did footprints in a clay-type thing at about one month, but it would have been nice for them to do footprints in the hospital still. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-hospitalbirth-center-do-newborn-footprints#post-228615 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:16:32 +0000 HabesBabe 228615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours didn't... I don't know if California needs them for records anymore. Guess I gotta hit up Michael's for an ink pad! Thanks for the reminder :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-hospitalbirth-center-do-newborn-footprints#post-228530 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:38:37 +0000 Mrsbells 228530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our did. plus on the same sheet I had to give my finger print as well. Its very cute </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-hospitalbirth-center-do-newborn-footprints#post-228470 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:53:32 +0000 Weagle 228470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, and I was to overwhelmed to remember to ask. I'm pretty bummed I don't have them :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-hospitalbirth-center-do-newborn-footprints#post-228461 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:49:40 +0000 chopsuey 228461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. Only of one foot though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-hospitalbirth-center-do-newborn-footprints#post-228434 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:38:49 +0000 kiddosc 228434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our hospital did two sets, one for their records and one in our baby book. They did them just minutes after he was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-hospitalbirth-center-do-newborn-footprints#post-228415 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:32:27 +0000 DillonLion 228415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They give dad a white scrub shirt and put the footprints on there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-hospitalbirth-center-do-newborn-footprints#post-228411 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:31:36 +0000 regberadaisy 228411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What a bummer! ours even did it for our baby book! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-hospitalbirth-center-do-newborn-footprints#post-228392 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:24:15 +0000 rachiecakes 228392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: it was so hard trying to get DS's handprints! I had to get him where he was in a deep sleep and totally limp, haha</p> <p>I had no idea that so many hospitals weren't doing this! Most states don't keep footprints/handprints on record anymore and the hospital I gave birth in is a teaching hospital for Harvard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-hospitalbirth-center-do-newborn-footprints#post-227777 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:58:01 +0000 mediagirl 227777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have footprints. They tried to do handprints but she wouldn't unclench her fingers.:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-hospitalbirth-center-do-newborn-footprints#post-227763 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:54:01 +0000 sandy 227763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I showed them my baby book and has my husband bring it to the OR (I ended up with an unplanned csection). They did an awesome job putting a cute little footprint in my book </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-hospitalbirth-center-do-newborn-footprints#post-227755 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:50:37 +0000 skibobrown 227755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! Ours did them, and they allowed us to also put baby's footprints into our baby book at the same time :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-hospitalbirth-center-do-newborn-footprints#post-227720 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:39:08 +0000 Sweet T 227720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours didn't either and I was really upset! They gave us this weird ink pad that was messed up by the time we got home. I ended up buying an ink pad and got some prints around 5 weeks. We never got DS's hands though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-hospitalbirth-center-do-newborn-footprints#post-227716 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:36:53 +0000 eeh 227716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our hospital does them immediately after the birth for state records and then will do keepsake ones after getting the baby cleaned up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-hospitalbirth-center-do-newborn-footprints#post-227698 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:26:21 +0000 rachiecakes 227698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours didn't and I was shocked! We had a 5 day stay and I found out when I asked where I could get a copy of the footprints the day before we left. The nurse said, "we don't do that anymore.. It's funny because everyone always asks us that" um, duh! lol</p> <p>I finally got around to doing them at home at 3 months. I wish I had newborn prints though.</p> <p>Did your hospital do footprints?<br /> (They didn't do photos either) </p>