One thing which will happen to your baby very quickly in the hospital is getting their feet inked up, and their baby foot prints placed into their official records. Why do they use foot prints?

Baby foot prints are a more reliable form of identification at the is early age. The fingerprints are tiny, not deeply developed, and are hard to get good impressions from. The feet have just as unique of patterns, and are easy to print. The prints stay reliable for many years, and only become less reliable with the heavy usage people put on their feet later in life. This can start eroding the comparison of the prints.

Having your baby’s foot prints on record are an important part of maintaining a good identity record. As your child gets a little older it is a great idea to have their fingerprints added to an identity database. Hopefully neither set of prints is ever needed, but if your child turns up missing or would be abducted, then these prints can be a tremendous aid to investigators.

Now on a more fun note, baby foot prints are one of the traditional decorative items to add to your baby book, and possibly a display in your nursery. Before making the prints yourself, make sure you get the right kind of ink for the project. You can buy kits for doing this in most baby stores or boutiques. If you try with a standard ink pad you may end up staining your baby’s feet for a few weeks, and you will hate explaining this unfortunate accident to everyone.

Make sure you make several sets of baby foot prints. You will want one set for the baby book, another set for a framed document in the nursery, and probably a couple extra sets to use for later projects. You may choose to make two baby books, one for you to keep permanently, and one you intend to pass along to your child. Most baby books have a page specifically for putting in the foot prints, and may include another place for their hand prints.

If your baby happens to be born around a holiday, like Christmas, you may want to use the baby foot prints inside of a custom greeting card. You are not going to want to keep putting ink on your baby’s feet for card after card, so plan on either having the cards printed with the foot prints, or using a copier to make an insert for each card.

Another fun idea is to make some baby foot prints going up the wall beside the crib, it is always a way to get some good laughs from your visitors.

One more place your baby foot prints will be treasured is when you include them beside a framed picture of your baby as a gift. Think how excited the grandparents will feel receiving a framed picture including the precious tiny foot prints. It will be sure to show up on one of the most prominent locations in their home.

Baby foot prints play an important role in both identification and fun in your new baby’s life. Embrace the identification portion as necessary, and enjoy every fun thing you can do showing off the prints for fun.