40 sweet newborn session photos: inspiration for newborn photography

Even though I still have a few more weeks until baby girl arrives, I'm already thinking ahead to her newborn session. I'm a huge fan of lifestyle photography, and it really shows when I see all my favorite newborn photos together. I thought I'd share 40 of my very favorite for you to be inspired by if you're expecting, or to simply swoon over if there's no baby in your near future. 

Click the number below the photo to link through to the source. Click on the first photo to see the photos in a full-screen slideshow.

| just baby |

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three. 

four. 

 five.

six.

seven.

eight.

nine.

ten.

eleven.

twelve.

thirteen.

fourteen.

| family |

fifteen.

sixteen.

seventeen.

eighteen.

nineteen.

twenty.

twenty-one.

| mama & baby |

twenty-two.

twenty-three.

twenty-four.

twenty-five.

twenty-six.

twenty-seven.

twenty-eight.

twenty-nine.

thirty.

| daddy & baby |

thirty-one.

thirty-two.

thirty-three.

thirty-four.

| sibling love |

thirty-five.

thirty-six.

thirty-seven.

thirty-eight.

thirty-nine.

forty.

pets sooooo count at siblings

Be sure to check out my favorite maternity photo inspiration, here.