25 Tattoos For Moms Who Want To Embrace The Ink

Footprints are always good ideas when it comes to tattoos for your babies. If you're not sure how to get a good footprint, you can always bring in your baby's birth certificate and see if your tattoo artist can potentially copy it from there.

A significant, meaningful quote about family, motherhood, or children might be more your style. If you choose something that you personally love, it'll make it all the more special.

Do you or your kids have an all-time favorite children's book character? Memorializing that character in tattoo form can be one way to design a tattoo that more subtly references your little ones.

Heartbeats are popular tattoos and for good reason — they feel so personal and special. If you have a printout of your baby's heartbeat, a tattoo artist should be able to use that to design your tattoo.

Just like footprints, handprints are also popular choices. While it might be hard to get a good baby handprint, the resulting tattoo is well-worth the effort.

If you or your kids have a favorite childhood game, that could also be a good tattoo choice. It'll always remind you of the memories and bond you share with them as a result of playing together.

If you're looking for a way to commemorate your baby's birthday without using their actual birthday, a birth stone or birth flower might be a good option. Sure, people might not know exactly why you have it, but maybe that just makes it more special.

Maybe you have one specific word that you just think sums up your experience with motherhood (or, at least, your experience thus far). That can also make a good mom tattoo. Again, people may not immediately know or understand why you have that specific tattoo, but you'll know and it'll be important to you (which is the whole point, anyway).

If foot or handprints aren't really your thing, maybe consider a thumbprint. It might be an especially good option if you are concerned that some of the others might be larger than you'd like. Of course, you can make the thumbprint tattoo quite large as well, but it's maybe more conducive to being smaller if that's what you're looking for.

Being a mom is life-changing, there's no doubt about it. If there's a quote about motherhood that speaks to you, that can make an excellent tattoo.

Quotes are good options because while they can mean an awful lot, you don't actually have to come up with the words to say yourself. A quote about the kind of person you want your baby to grow up to be can make for a very poignant and meaningful tattoo.

Does your family have a symbol that means something special to them? Maybe it's a triangle because there are three of you, for example. That symbol can make for a meaningful tattoo, as well. It'll remind you of them each time you catch of glimpse of your tattoo.

There's nothing that quite screams "family" like a family tree. You can make a special family tree tattoo as large or small and intricate or simple as you'd like. Add names or initials or just get the tree, it's up to you.

If you have more than one kid, you might want a tattoo that includes all of them, whether it's their names, birthdates, symbols, or something else. The exact design can be nearly anything you'd like it to be, but including each of your kids means the tattoo is extra-special.

Another option for a very subtle tattoo is to get a symbol for your child's name or nickname. If you called them by an animal's name, a flower, or something else that clearly has meaning to you, immortalize that in tattoo form.

While birth stats like date of birth, weight, and length are common, if you're looking for something a little bit more unusual, but still similar, you might want to consider their time of birth. People might not even know that's what the tattoo is unless you tell them.

This is an old standby, but you can't go wrong with just doing your kids' names. If you want to do something more, adding a favorite symbol is good way to make it more personalized.

Bedtime can be special times between parents and babies and if you have a nightly tradition, that can, in particular, become a special memory for both you and your kids. Incorporating your nightly lullaby can make your tattoo super meaningful.

Some moms feel connected to symbols that represent their baby or their role as a mom. If you're one of them, consider getting it done in tattoo form. Celtic knots, if you're Irish (or if you're not), for example, are often used for tattoos about motherhood or family.

If there's a language other than English that's significant to you, perhaps you'd want to get a tattoo of the word "mom" or "mother" in that language. Whether everyone else knows what it means or not is irrelevant. It's important to you.

If you're considering a tattoo that'll include all of your children, why not take it a step further and also include yourself in the design? Mother and child designs are so sweet and can be very meaningful to both mom and child (you know, when they're older).

Initials are, of course, tinier than a full name and they can also be a bit simpler. If a full name is too much for you, maybe you'd want to consider doing something with your kids' or family members' initials instead.

If your family has a number that's especially significant, why not add that into your tattoo design or make it the entirety of a extra-simple tattoo? If the number five means something to you, the tattooed version can be an ever-present reminder.

Kids are only kids for so long. If you want something truly unique, let your child design your tattoo. Bring their artwork with you to the tattoo parlor and ask the artist to copy it, if possible.

If your kid isn't all that artistically inclined, you can have them write something and bring that with you to the tattoo parlor. You'll never forget their sweet script when it's looking up at you forever.

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