Playpen Time!
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Originally uploaded by sophie8mths
We’ve started playpen time again!
Cel has been telling me all this time to start structured playpen time where I should put Sophie in there for 15-30 mins on her own while i go about doing my stuff. So that she’s safe and she learns to play by herself without me being around IN SIGHT. It should also be parent directed and not when she wants it or not. (TOUGH!) And I shouldn’t put her in there all day.
Anyways… for a while, Sophie hated the playpen for various reasons. It was SMALL, ENCLOSED, HIDDEN, TOO DARK, etc… and prob for other reasons i can’t even fathom by her cries. (WISH WE HAD THOUGHT BUBBLES/SUBTITLES!!)
But past few weeks I cieared out the playpen, which had over time became our toy storage space, and put a whiter bedsheet so that it’s brighter (coz the playpen is in dark blue) and lotsa toys.
SHE LOVED IT! At least for 15 mins! With me out of sight. 15 mins might seem really short BUT it’s really long for a baby. Ok, at least for my precious. 
So everyday, we’re stretching the time longer and longer. We do this like once or twice a day so far. After breakfast n after lunch. Norm after meals she’s super good mood. This little one loves a good meal.
This actually helped to "cure" her separation anxiety coz after a few weeks of doing this, she’s actually much better when other people carry her and when she’s alone. But babies go thru phases lah so it changes all the time.
She looks so happy in the playpen in this pic… haha but it’s not like that all the time. This is just a good pic.