First-Borns Fill Up The Family Album

First-born children soon get used to being trailed by their proud parents who record their every move on a camera. But it seems the novelty rapidly wears off when the second baby comes along. For although 91 per cent of mothers claim they recorded important moments in their eldest�s life, their younger brother or sister is recorded by only 87 per cent. In addition, 75 per cent admit that those photos almost always include the older sibling. The reason? Mothers say they are either too tired or too busy dealing with two children to take pictures. Later on 92 per cent admit they regret missing the chance. A poll of 2,000 mothers by Venture Photography also shows that 61 per cent of families do not have any of the keepsakes, such as hand prints, from their second child that they kept from their first. Richard Mayfield, of Venture Photography, said: �Often, it is only when the older child goes to nursery that mothers remember to start taking photos. �Most first babies are immortalised in photographs, handprint casts and film, with parents obsessively documenting every moment of their new arrivals� lives,� 'Second babies make the family complete and it�s only natural to include the older sibling in photographs. But our research shows that parents can live to regret giving their second born children less time in the limelight, and find that those special first few months have passed by without them capturing the same types of images.� Often, it is only when the older child goes to at nursery that mothers remember to start taking photographs of their second born alone. Mr Mayfield said: �Babies are only newborns for a very short space of time. Those first few weeks and months go by so fast, and with babies changing by the day at that age, the window of opportunity to capture newborn photographs.'