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First birthday photo ideas at home

Take the month-12 photo at home, with one sticker on a plain onesie. Do that before the cake. The cake photo is a second picture, not a replacement.

Necktie onesie stickers labeled Just born, I can smile, and One year

When should I take the month-12 photo?

Take it in the morning, onesie on, before the house fills up. If there is cake later, shoot that too, and keep this quiet photo either way.

A party does not replace this frame. Hats, extra people, and a table of plates make the sticker hard to read. Take those pictures after you have the month.

Start when they have just woken up. If they are overtired, wait until after the next nap. Two or three frames is enough. Then stop.

Month-by-month baby photo ideas covers the months before this one, including the morning plan for month 12.

Which sticker goes on the onesie?

Put one necktie sticker on the chest of a plain onesie. The month has to stay readable. Use the same set you used all year, so the chest matches the earlier photos.

Happy Heroes has 17 stickers, 12 months plus 5 bonus milestones, about 7 by 3.5 inches. It goes on a baby onesie. It is listed on Amazon and Walmart.

Monthly Onesie Stickers is vinyl: 16 necktie stickers in blue, turquoise, and gray. That set goes on a baby onesie too. Walmart titles it Happy Patterns.

Use one sticker. The photo at the top includes a necktie sticker labeled One year, next to Just born and I can smile. Keep the one month sticker you have been using. Do not stack a second label on it.

Close-up of blue, turquoise, and gray necktie stickers

How do I take the smash cake photo?

Take the sticker photo first, while the onesie is clean. Frosting on the chest covers the month. If you want the onesie clean for the side-by-side, change them into a second onesie before the cake.

Set a small cake on a plate you already own. Sit on the floor with them. If they already sit in a chair for meals, that chair works. Do not set them on a counter or the edge of a table.

One cake is enough. If they only look at it, take that photo. You do not need their hands in the frosting. Skip candles. Keep the phone back from the cake, and stay next to them. If they have had enough, stop. The morning sticker photo is already month 12.

Bring one toy they already use, and leave the rest of the pile out of the frame. Play gyms and floor mats are in the toy shop if that toy is one they already use.

How do I set it next to the month-1 photo?

Put the month-1 photo and this one side by side. Use a plain onesie and a sticker on the chest in both, and the same window if you can still stand there.

Crop them the same way. Keep the face and the sticker inside both frames. If month 1 was taken from above, do not copy that angle. Hold the phone level with the onesie.

A different tie in month 1 is fine. The pair is about how much they have grown, not a matching color. Newborn onesie photo ideas is the first session. The grid that holds all 12, with the first birthday in the last cell, is on the first-year collage.

What's in the pack: necktie stickers in blue, turquoise, and gray

How do I light it with a phone?

Take it in the daytime, near a window, with the light coming from the side. Turn the flash off. If the window is behind them, the face goes dark. Turn until the light reaches the face and the sticker.

If a hard patch of sun falls on the floor, step out of it. Wipe the lens. Sit or kneel so the phone is about level with their eyes. Tap the face to focus, take a short burst, and keep the calm frame.

Monthly baby photos at home covers a plain background and a time that fits around naps. Monthly baby photos with a phone covers the lens, the tap, and the burst.

If the room is loud, wait until it is quiet. One clear photo is the month.