Peek-a-boo

Yesterday I saw something that made me stop dead in my tracks. The little girl had been put down in her pack-n-play for a little nap. What I saw was Suhaana laying on her back in her pack n play with her receiving blanket over her face upto her head. My heart skipped a beat.

I had read and heard enough about SIDS to freak out if there's anything within a one feet radius of her face while she sleeps.

But then when I noticed she was awake, and was actually pulling the blanket over head, I curbed my instinct to pull the blanket away from her face, and instead decided to just watch what was going on.

Turns out, she had just woken up and was done inspecting her toes and fingers. All of them were still around and looked pretty much in the same health and spirits as she had left them before the nap. She then inspected her surroundings. An unsuspecting cotton blanket was within arm's reach. She caught hold of it's end, then pulled it over her head. Then pulled it down again. And this time, looked around inspecting if the world still looks the same. Repeat several times.

She was doing her own peek-a-boo! Once I figured out what the game was, I gladly played background score of an animated "peek-a-booooo"!

And yes, receiving blankets only under close circuit monitoring.