The deepest sleep

chase  ·  Thu, Aug 20, 2015

It has always amazed me that children can be picked up and carried somewhere without waking up. In fact, since I’ve rarely been around children in my life, I know of this phenomenon mostly by hearsay and not by direct experience.

But that’s changing! In her deepest sleep — usually right after a heavy meal — Milo acts more or less like she’s in a coma. You can pick her up, put her down, roll her over, flap her arms, and generally do any sort of ragdoll puppet theater you want. She barely raises an eyebrow.

This is very sweet and endearing. It’s also a slippery slope toward ventriloquism with an infant. But that’s okay, right?