Hello! This week we have the wonderful Susie from Bonnie Pictures with us. She is a mum and a professional photographer and will be sharing her tips and tricks for capturing your baby's first year. Welcome Susie! Hi! I’m Susie, a professional photographer based in Edinburgh and a mum of three. While photography is my profession, I’m bringing this blog, Baby’s First Year – in Pictures, to you as a mum first. A mum who has taken thousands of photos, missed a few moments I wish I hadn’t, lost...

It was just before Covid that Hailey and I started running our antenatal classes and the following few years meant that it was very difficult for everyone to come together. For those with new babies there was little in the way of postnatal support and Hailey and I were so conscious of wanting to bring new parents together as soon as we could. Whilst we are incredibly passionate about all things labour and birth, we realise that support in the early days and weeks with a baby is just as...

During our antenatal classes we spend a good amount of time discussing the first days and weeks with a newborn baby. We think about feeding cues, handling a new baby as well as the first bath and using a sling or swaddle. But our classes cover baby care right from the first minute you meet your wee one. It seems to me like most people have heard or read about 'The Golden Hour' but haven't always had a full explanation around what happens in the first minutes of meeting your baby and why it...