I do! But they're not themed, like in the same sleeper, with the same toy or backdrop. But I try to make them cute each time. Just took DS's 8 months photos!!
Do you take monthly photos of your LO?
Here's a few I took from today - I love how they turned out! probably our best monthly pics yet!
ETA: they didn't upload!! let me try again:
pomegranate / 3275 posts
I didn't take specific pictures of my DD every month, but I do of DS. I put him in a diaper and a tie. I only started it about three months ago, but already there is a huge difference! I am going to have to do his 8 month pictures tomorrow!!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@autumnlove: really?! I find it gets more fun each month haha. I'm sure by the time he's a year it will be near impossible 
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
How cute! I love that second one. I take a monthly photo with her on a blanket with the same stuffed turtle. It's so fun seeing her grow!
persimmon / 1026 posts
yes, I do! I bought month stickers from Etsy and use them on a white onesie and dress him in some cute shorts or pants depending upon the weather. I take some on the same blanket of his whole body to show how long he's getting, some of him sitting in the glider next to a stuffed animal, and a couple close-ups in his crib. Here's a comparison of his first 3 months:
grapefruit / 4278 posts
We take one every month with him in just a white long sleaved Onesie in the same laundry basket. It's so cool to see how much he's grown. I wanted to do weekly pics, but knew I wouldn't keep up with it.
grapefruit / 4582 posts
DH is in charge of the weekly pics. I could never keep up with it
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
Love them! He looks so gangsta!
I take monthly pictures in a white rocker my ILs got her. Then I use blocks to spell out her name and month.
She wouldn't sit still for her 5 months! But I absolutely love how you can see how much she grew with the constant of the rocker.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@regberadaisy: I know, I wish I would have thought of having something consistent in the photos each month before... but when he turned a month old I was sooo tired the last thing on my mind was formal pictures haha!
@kiddosc: aww cute!!
@littlecasita1122: adorable! He looks so big in the 3 months photo!
cherry / 110 posts
We do! We use a chalkboard wall...five months down! I also took pictures at the same spot when I was pregnant.
grapefruit / 4400 posts
@phdmommy: uhhhhh your chalk drawings are legit. Mine would be little scribbles. Lol.
We do the Etsy sticker route in the same chair with the same stuffed giraffe. Nothing fancy.
We've done 2 and 3 month photos, too, but not on my phone.
honeydew / 7687 posts
@cocobee those are so good, they look professional! @phdmommy that chalk wall is gorgeous, you have serious skills
pomegranate / 3983 posts
I did for the first year- on a white swaddle background with just a diaper on. Now I just try to get A picture on the day...it's way too hard to set up a photo shoot with an active toddler!
cherry / 110 posts
@Coco Bee, @Habesbabe, @SCG00387, @Heatherloveskenny: thank you 
I really love drawing them and of course my model really makes the photos!
@coco bee: i like the idea of doing non-themed photoshoots each month too. then there's no pressure for the same set up, lighting, etc. love your shots, he's too cute!
@habesbabe: you're little one is so cute! and is that a star wars themed sticker?
pineapple / 12234 posts
@phdmommy: you could probably open an etsy shop for pre-painted chalk boards--I'd totally buy them, lol! I'm not artistic at all.
kiwi / 629 posts
@Coco Bee: Very nice photos! He's a handsome little guy.
@littlecasita1122: So cute! He looks so big already at 3 months.
@phdmommy: Whoa! Do you do the writing on the chalkboard yourself? Must have taken forever! She's a cutie too.
@HabesBabe: Aw! How sweet. Your babe is adorable!
grapefruit / 4819 posts
Wow, you ladies take some awesome photos! Cocobee - your photos are professional quality, love them! And PhdMommy, those chalkboard drawings are fantastic! I'm jealous.
We take a weekly photo with a little handmade sign on a quilt made for LO by my mom. My creative/artistic skills are absolute rubbish so they are very rudimentary but at least I can see how she changes each week!
pomelo / 5321 posts
@Coco Bee: Cobi is so stylish!!
We did the onesie stickers for 1-12 months. It is so hard when they are mobile! I think I may have gotten one picture for 12 months.
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
I have the monthly stickers and I try to get a few shots each month. It's tough because the only time I can take the pictures is on the weekend, which are usually super busy.
GOLD / papaya / 10206 posts
I wanted to, but failed. I do take tons of pictures of her so I have a running documentary of her, but nothing official with stickers.
grapefruit / 4823 posts
we take monthlies with him in a white onesie and month stickers and he lays/sits on a lion stuffed pillow thing. i wish we had thought of something more creative...but i figure at least we are doing something....we are horrible at taking pictures!
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@phdmommy: love them! I saw this idea on Pinterest too but had no chalkboard wall!
GOLD / squash / 13576 posts
@Coco Bee: He's sooo cute!!!
@mediagirl: She is so cute! I love that the sea turtle is huge compared to her.
@phdmommy: That is so creative!
@littlecasita1122: Oh my gosh, how cute! He's growing so fast!
@HabesBabe: Aww what a cutie! I love the sticker!
We do monthly pictures too and put the little sticker on his onesie, his sticker is a monkey.
pomegranate / 3383 posts
@phdmommy: wow!!! Your chalkboard drawings are phenomenal! I totally agree that you should open an etsy shop.
pineapple / 12526 posts
I do! I haven't gotten around to finishing her 6 month one yet, but here's NB-5 months.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@zippylef: awww I love them!! soo cute.
@Sweet T: hehe thanks
@Ree723: @scg00387: thank you so much. I try really hard to make them look nice I invested in a nice camera many years ago, learned how to shoot manually and use photoshop. It helps a lot I was thinking of doing a guest post on some quick fixes and easy edits to photos... hmm!!
@phdmommy: Agreed!!! these would make amazing buys off etsy! they look so professional.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
@phdmommy: that wall is amazing and what adorable photos!
LOVE all these monthly photos! adorable LOs and I hope to keep this up once LO is here!
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
@zippylef: omg! I absolutely love that idea! What do you use to add the text?
coffee bean / 32 posts
First off, @phdmommy -- SHUT THE FRONT DOOR! Those are ridiculously awesome chalkboard drawings. I'm crying with shame.
We do weekly and monthly photos.
A few weekly photos and all the monthly photos (with Ted):
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
Yes, DD is just about 2 months so we have only done it once so far, but we bought the monthly onesie stickers and I put her by a sock monkey for comparison.
pineapple / 12053 posts
@phdmommy: so cute! what great drawings!!
@mediagirl: cute idea to put something next to her as she grows!
@zippylef: love all the little notes about what's she's up to each month!
@DontFrett: omg, her smile every time! are you kidding me? so adorable!
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
We did with monthly stickers in a white onesie. Yours are soooo cute!
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