Sleepy Heads

During the first two weeks of a baby’s life they spend on average 14 to 18 hours of a 24-hour period asleep. I know that it doesn’t feel like it when he or she wakes every 2-3 hours to feed! This is one of the reasons why it is best to have a newborn photoshoot when baby is 5 – 14 days old.

Personally, I don’t think that there is anything sweeter than capturing photos of a baby sleeping like a little angel. From a photographer’s perspective it makes it possible to get a wider variety of posed shots, but as any seasoned newborn photographer will tell you, sleep isn’t always on baby’s agenda.

Does this mean that it isn’t possible to finish a session with a varied gallery? Absolutely not! First of all, let me reassure any parent preparing for their newborn baby’s photoshoot that having a baby sleep through their entire newborn photoshoot is very rare indeed. In fact, most of my sessions involve baby waking for a feed and or a nappy change several times. As long as baby is content while he or she is awake, then I love to seize the opportunity to take photos of those big beautiful eyes!

If, however baby is awake and not a happy bunny I have a few tricks of the trade that 90% of the time help baby to drift off into a nice deep sleep. Even if your baby doesn’t sleep for a prolonged period of time for whatever reason, I am still able to deliver a gallery of beautiful images.

On very rare occasions when baby won’t settle at all, which is usually down to a persistent tummy ache or other illness, I always reschedule the session at no additional cost. So please be reassured that if this were to happen during your little one’s session that all is not lost!

To find out more about my photography services, or to book your photoshoot please visit my website www.rebeccaelwellphotography.co.uk or email me at hello@rebeccaelwellphotography.co.uk