tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14318838.post115992606661997318..comments2023-09-09T03:31:34.439-04:00Comments on The Mommy Rant: Freeze FrameJoannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826351841928279390noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14318838.post-1160057741431086372006-10-05T10:15:00.000-04:002006-10-05T10:15:00.000-04:00Don't be swayed, Joanne!I have chosen this forum t...Don't be swayed, Joanne!<BR/><BR/>I have chosen this forum to make my Crap Mom confession: I didn't buy the newborn photos the hospital offers when my firstborn came into the world! Gasp! <BR/><BR/>I saved the money I would have spent if I caved to the pressure of cheesy photos with terrible backgrounds and put it toward a really cool black-and-white photo session with a professional photographer in a home setting. My son was 2 months then, alert and smiling somewhat, and we have beautiful documentary-style photos of him with each family member and all of us together. <BR/><BR/>It was expensive ... but we'll forgo a few more "must-have" photos to help make up for it.<BR/><BR/>Besides, who wants a team photo? You can't even see their faces. I'd rather a closeup of my son on the bench or field with a friend in his uniform in the actual game setting. <BR/><BR/>SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14318838.post-1159964132093926872006-10-04T08:15:00.000-04:002006-10-04T08:15:00.000-04:00Dear Joanne, I know what you mean! Just want to l...Dear Joanne, <BR/>I know what you mean! Just want to let you know, it only gets worse. I have spent plenty of money through the years buying school pictures, dance pictures, softball pictures, and sure I still have a lot of them after giving some away, but pictures are "worth a thousand words" and the cost of those memories...priceless!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14318838.post-1159928786445593012006-10-03T22:26:00.000-04:002006-10-03T22:26:00.000-04:00Photo day peer pressure? Are you "crap mom" if you...Photo day peer pressure? Are you "crap mom" if you don't? Oh please. Do you really need validation every time you don't do what everyone else does? If you're truly feeling that, then just open your wallet and be done with it. <BR/><BR/>This kind of stuff will continue to be pushed at us as long as there are people willing to throw money at it. Don't encourage it. Take some pictures yourself and buy the kid a savings bond. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com