How to Keep Baby Awake During a Feeding

Before coming to your newborn session you are asked to give baby a good, full feeding, but sometimes baby wants to sleep. This is the one time we want baby to stay awake and get that good full belly, so I've gathered a few tips on how to keep baby awake while breastfeeding or bottle feeding.

• Stop in the middle of the feeding and Burp Baby
• Try keeping baby in a more upright position
• Gently touching baby
• Dance your fingers on the crown of baby's head
• Undress baby
• Massage baby's palms in a circle with your thumbs
• Stop and and change baby's diaper during the feeding
• Feed baby in a bright environment
• Stroke baby's cheeks and lips
• Bicycle baby's arms and legs
• Blow gently into baby's face
• Listen to quick tempo music
• Talk to baby
• Walk fingers up and down baby's spine
• Rub ear or jawline
• Place a fan on mama and baby

These are just a few tips to help you keep baby awake whilst feeding. We want to work together to have the best newborn creative session possible. So you can go home after your session with images like these: