Cat napping refers to short and frequent naps that little ones might take sometimes in order to “refresh”. This session with Baby H was an exact example of how a short cat nap during his newborn/family photo session was very much needed and worked a treat!! We started the session on time, but had to wake bub up from his mid-morning sleep, which then meant that he wasn’t as rested as he otherwise might have been if he had woken up naturally. Part way through the session he seemed a bit irritable and with all smiles disappearing, Mum swaddled him up and lulled him back to sleep. After about an 8 minute power nap he woke up as bright as a button and continued the session in happiness, contentedness and with gorgeous smiles!
There have been countless times when a newborn is so overtired and stimulated during a photo session that I suggest that they have a cat nap and without doubt, every time, we get the best of them on the other side of that sleep. The cat nap can even be as short as 5 minutes but they wake up refreshed, smiley and ready to go! Needless to say I’m a massive fan of the cat nap :D
