Today, we tried to wake her up because she's been sleeping for 10 straight hours and I'm getting worried that she hadn't had any milk yet. She gave us a smile even with her eyes close. She recognizes our voice! Awesome! As for the sleep part, I insisted Kurt to call the nurse and ask if that's ok. I was embarrassed because she told us instead "Well, you should be thankful! You have a good baby." And that gave me a sigh of relief and a very big grin for that matter!
Experts believe that 50% of the babies this age can identify their parents and this is one of the signs that the baby is becoming more attuned to what's going around him/her. And since she's awake for longer periods of time during the day, I use these times to support her sensory development and enhance her music appreciation. I sing to her all the time! Haha! And when she's busy jabbing or looking around, I play to her some mozart! But like everyone else, since they don't know how to talk yet, I look for cues from her if she's enjoying it or not. She coos when she likes it! I am careful though of overstimulating her since she'll cry, look away, tense up, arch her back and become irritable! I don't like that at all so I do make sure she also gets her quiet time.
As for her sense of sight, I bought this contrasting crib mirror from geniusbabies.com. Experts say that baby can see very well a highly contrasting colors and that triggers neurodevelopment too!
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