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Adorable Baby Monthly Milestone Ideas To Get You Inspired For Each Growth Spurt And Development Of Little One For The First Year.
Did you just have a baby or expecting one to come soon? Congrats! One of the most exciting moments of being a new parent is being there, witnessing and documenting all their firsts. Your baby will not be a baby forever and those beyond precious moments go by in a blink of an eye. Since you are not able to freeze time, you’ll want to make sure you capture all the photos to look back on as well as share with family and friends. These would even make for some really creative and thoughtful baby shower gifts for the momma to be so she’s ready for all the milestones and it also means she will not get two gifts of the same since all these are super creative and unique. Get ready for our list of favorites!
Baby Monthly Milestone Ideas
Milestone Onesies
We thought this was a really cute Idea by OneStopSussenShop to have a onesie for every month to dress the little one in for every growth spurt.
Milestone Cards & Belly Badges
These are a great way to capture lots of poses of your little one. They come in the form of cards and stickers. You can also cut out the stickers leaving the backing on so that you have thin cards that you can reuse for the next baby, for thicker cards try sticking the stickers to cardstock paper then cut. Track their growth with each photo of them next to the milestone cards or stick it on their hat or outfit. Want Some cute Free Belly Badges? How about Free formula? Well, heck Yes you do! If you’re a new mommy and have not signed up before, make sure you sign up for Enfamil Family Beginnings.
Shop Milestone Cards Here
Wood Log Sign
This is another effortless idea but it’s so stinkin cute! A ready-to-go rustic wood slab log sign. SweetSawyerCreations has customizable wood logs for every precious month your little one grows. Just write on it then wipe away chalk number with a damp rag and you’re ready for the next milestone!
Buy it Here
Other Milestone Sign Ideas
Personalized Chalkboard
Another great chalkboard idea but this one is personalized and allows you to fill in all the details.
This is a hand-made chalkboard you can customize and purchase from YouAlphabetcha.
Personalized Dry Erase Board
We are liking the simplicity of a lightweight personalized dry erase board that makes it easy to add and change all the info on the board with every new development.
Find this one Here from JaPaperCo
Milestone Blocks
Aren’t these wood blocks from SweetSageStudio adorable? They would be great for either a boy or girl and are small enough to squeeze in any milestone photo! Lay them beside baby or tuck them under their soft little fingers until the age that can hold them up for pictures all on their own.
Buy It Here
Milestone Headband
We absolutely adore this idea for baby girls! LilyPetuniaCo offers headbands with the number of months they’ve turned that will look adorable in any photo. It includes 13 interchangeable bottle caps to mark the very first monthly moments of their first year.
Buy it Here
Buy it Here
Milestone Blanket
This trending idea has grown in popularity over the recent years. Milestone blankets sold over at PipsyShop make planning your monthly photo sessions as easy as it gets. Simply lay out the blanket, place baby on top, grab a creative prop to mark their age (like a mini wreath) and track your baby’s monthly growth. Plus we go ga-ga over anything personalized.
Photo Overlays
Get artistic with a milestone baby picture. Add words into your photograph including age (month), likes, dislikes, how much they weigh, how many teeth, etc..
Create Special monthly memories with photo overlays like this one from Etsy Seller TheAvocadoSeed.
Use Props To Make A Number
This idea could make for unique one-of-a-kind baby milestone photos. You put props together to look like a number. For example, you could use pacifiers, hot wheels, socks, bows, baseballs, hats, cute shoes (really, anything). Also make it seasonal based off the month. For Fall you could use leaves or mini pumpkins. Christmas time use ornaments. Valentines in February? Use rose petals or heart candies. The ideas are endless. Pinterest has tons of ideas floating around to copy.
We especially like these hand-made floral number ideas for a girl by Etsy Vender WildFiori.
Speech Bubbles
Check out these speech bubbles from LollyJane that you can put above your little boy or girl’s head and snap a baby photo.
Or these comic book style ones to add a little comedy to your monthly milestone photos.
Milestone Bibs
Baby’s are constant wearers of bibs. Why not buy them something they need, yet photo worthy by each month so you’ll never forget to snap those (however month old) photos.
I hope this helped you come up with some milestone baby photo ideas of your own- that way you can look back and see their sweet faces, delicate skin and their amazing progression from itty bitty to toddler. It’s an amazing feeling how far they’ve come and mommy and daddy there to watch it all!