Via camberwellfoxes:

Hidden Mothers in early Victorian Photography:

Because of the incredibly long exposure times of early photography, mothers would cleverly disguise themselves as curtains, hangings, potted plants etc in order to keep baby sat still long enough for the final image - and may have been cropped to exclude them, or not as is the case here.

Creepy, funny and fascinating stuff. Ties in well with the memento mori images I posted in the past on the blog.

Click this link for more images and information on this:

http://ridiculouslyinteresting.com/2012/01/05/hidden-mothers-in-victorian-portraits/

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A woman texts her husband to come home as she is in labour, then gives birth and 5 minutes later texts him with a picture of their new son.  The unplanned home birth story of Finley Nathaniel from Birth Without Fear

A woman texts her husband to come home as she is in labour, then gives birth and 5 minutes later texts him with a picture of their new son. 

The unplanned home birth story of Finley Nathaniel from Birth Without Fear

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CAUGHT RED (SPRINKLE) FACED!

Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/EricaBoarman

Very cheap cute baby leggings. Ordered through e-bay here Thanks to one of the mums who recommended them. Don’t know about anyone else but I find it really hard to find any nice leggings for boys and at this crawler stage they are really useful.  The above photo is just a small selection! High-res

Very cheap cute baby leggings. Ordered through e-bay here

Thanks to one of the mums who recommended them. Don’t know about anyone else but I find it really hard to find any nice leggings for boys and at this crawler stage they are really useful. 

The above photo is just a small selection!

These are great. Got mine today from Amazon. Little duvet like mitts for your hands called Mummy Mitts. They attach to the pram so you can pull your hands out quickly to tend to baby or answer your phone without faffing around or losing a glove. Very clever. www.mummymitts.com High-res

These are great. Got mine today from Amazon. Little duvet like mitts for your hands called Mummy Mitts. They attach to the pram so you can pull your hands out quickly to tend to baby or answer your phone without faffing around or losing a glove. Very clever.

www.mummymitts.com