Don't mess with a sleeping baby

Yep, that is my daughter sleeping soundly under that blanket. Yes, I let her sleep that way. Yes, I know that it is a huge mother no-no. Yes, I would never had done this with Calan, but somehow this time I feel like "it is what it is." And that is just the way she naps. I don't know what else to say about it.

I realized early on that Maisie was pretty light sensitive. She could care less about noise around her, but light and movement will keep her eyes open and her not sleeping. One day as she was crying and having a fit because she was over tired and I was tired of rocking her trying to get her to stop crying, which seemed to be useless, I put a blanket over her and she stopped crying almost instantly and fell asleep in my arms.

I thought maybe it was a fluke, so the next time I was in the same situation, I did it again and again she quieted almost instantly and fell asleep. And now, well, she naps with a blanket over her head.

I wonder now if some of Calan's napping issues might have been due to the same light sensitivity, but I would never even had tried putting a blanket over his head. And to be honest, I am not sure what made me try it this time, but it was just what she was looking for.

She doesn't seem to need it at night, but during the day, it is what she waits for to go to sleep. She will start to fuss a little. I put her in the bouncy chair, give her a pacifier, and cover her up. She is out quicker then you can sneeze. If i put her down too early, she pulls the blanket off her head, and when she wakes up she pulls the blanket off, so I know that she knows how to uncover her face.

I check on her through out her naps and she just sleeps soundly. I have tried taking the blanket off once she is asleep and that usually wakes her up, so I have let it be and come to terms with the fact that "it is what it is."

What are somethings you would never have tried or done with your first child, but somehow do often with your second?