Sleeping Habits

A few months ago, Jeff and I noticed a new behavior in Connor. When he sleeps, he now likes to pull his covers over his head. Tight. It's like he can't sleep without having his head completely covered with the blankets. We've tried talking to him about it to get him to stop. I mean, it can't be good for him to be breathing all that used air, can it?



But he continues to sleep this way. So every night before we turn in, we head upstairs to pull down the covers from Connor's head. I'm hoping it's a phase.



Around the same time Connor started his new sleeping habit, Kaitlynn developed one of her own. Jeff came to bed one night telling me that Kaitlynn was asleep face down right up next to her crib bumper. I went upstairs to see, and sure enough, her face was perfectly positioned flat against the crib mattress, face down. It really made me nervous so I turned her head to the side, waking her up in the process.

(OK, I realize that sounds silly and a bit paranoid. But any Mom with a baby is always nervous about SIDS--sudden infant death syndrome--and it's suggested that babies are safer on their backs when they sleep.)

Now I know that Kaitlynn is strong enough to sleep on her tummy without it being a big deal. But if you walked in and saw her sleeping like this, wouldn't YOU be a little nervous too?











So for now I usually end up peeking in on both kids (often) while they're sleeping, just to make sure they're both still breathing! Call me crazy, but I'm hoping these sleeping habits won't last too much longer.