A child's name can make a simple, small tattoo that allows a mother to show off her pride without going over the top. Name tattoos can be written in a number of nice fonts, and take up a small enough amount of space that other names can be added if a mom chooses to have more children.
A birth date tattoo can be a small, special reminder to mothers of the day that her child was born. Like the name tattoo, birthday tattoos allow moms to add more in the event of more children. Alternately, moms may choose to have the child's zodiac sign in place of a birth date tattoo if she would like something larger or even smaller.
A baby's hand or foot print may be a sweet way for moms to remember the days when her child was a small baby. A mother can use ink on paper to capture the baby's foot print and then take the paper to a tattoo parlor and have the print readily copied onto her body. Some mothers prefer hand prints, while others like the look of baby feet.