Saturday, November 18, 2006

Life outside the womb



Taiyo's third day and beginning of his fourth brought with it a clear change in his comfort with being outside the womb. This took the form of a sharp increase in his waving of his arms around, either when sleeping or awake.

In the first couple of days, I noticed the classic "surprise!" gestures but he definitely was most comfortable swaddled tightly. When left out in the open, he would mostly hold his arms still and close to his body.

But today he began to often hold up the hands for long periods of time, either touching the things close to him or waving his arms in wild circles.

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