Newborn sessions are best done within the baby’s first 5 to 10 days of birth.  A big reason for that is that babies are more alert everyday and it make it a lot more difficult to pose them.  When baby Lincoln’s mom first contacted me, Lincoln was already 3 weeks old, and we ended up photographing him when he was 23 days old.  I thought I was going to have to work a lot harder to make this session work, but baby Lincoln was a superstar.  He pretty much slept through our entire session (with a few meal breaks in-between, of course :)).  Thank you, Lincoln!!