Beauty and Wonder of Newborns

These babies might have just entered the world but already they are showing off their cheeky personalities while sleeping. 

The charming pictures show the slumbering infants with their emotions written all over their tiny faces, even if they are only a few days old. 

The heart-warming images were captured by photographer Sandi Ford, who places the newborns in a variety of positions, while they are snoozing comfortably. 

The 35-year-old, who sees clients visit her home in Ealing, west London gently places the babies in what is described as the frogi pose, where the babies replicate the stance of a frog, to snap the adorable pictures. 

She lays the infants on their fronts, with their heads propped up in their hands before moving their feet forwards. 

Sandi said: 'Babies are so innocent and beautiful, and children are so full of joy and life, it’s this that I aim to capture.'

Something funny is clearly causing this sleeping newborn to grin after being placed in the frogi pose by photographer Sandi Ford 

To get the snoozing infants into the frogi pose, the photographer gently places the babies on their bellies, props their head up with their hands and brings their feet forwards 

The images show the babies displaying a variety of different emotions, from happiness and cheekiness, to wonder and surprise 

Ms Ford says it is the babies' innocence that she aims to capture in her pictures to show that children are full of joy and life 

Most of the newborns that Ms Ford photographs are less than two weeks old, meaning it is easier for them to be placed in the frogi position 

The images were all captured at Ms Ford's home in Ealing, west London, where clients take their newborns

Most of the babies don't even wake up when they are being photographed and continue to sleep during their shoot 

The photographer recommends that the babies are photographed before they are a month old as they then start to become less sleepy and lose their 'newborn curl'

The photographer hopes her images will help parents remember their newborn's tiny features and fluffy hair as they get older

Sessions photographing the newborns can take up to four hours as the photographer has to allow time for feeding and nappy changes