The best time to come for a newborn baby session

This is a question that most new parents ask and all babies are very different. Some newborns are sleepy heads and some are wide awake and alert; almost saying that they've been on this earth before! Sleepy babies are easier to pose into various curly positions whilst awake and alert babies tend to have their own agenda and the photo session will inevitably take longer.
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When is best to come for a newborn photo session?
I try to encourage parents to attend while the baby is still under 2 weeks. At this stage your new baby is more likely to curl up in 'womb-like' positions to aid the curly cute poses, sleep for longer periods, doesn't fuss when being unclothed (as long as it's warm) and has probably got into a regular feeding routine, so the session can carry on with a milk drunk baby. However it doesn't mean to say that if you have a more alert (slighly older baby) that posing is impossible, it just means you may not get the sleepy, curly poses and awake shots can make the most compelling photographs.
