There are certain developmental milestones that pediatricians look at to make sure that your baby is not lagging behind. Benjamin is doing no such lagging. In fact, here's a list of developmental milestones our not-even-three-week-old baby has already hit, and when he was supposed to hit them by:
* Smiles (end of month two) * Makes noises other than crying (end of month two) * May repeat vowel noises, such as "ah" or "ooh" (end of month two) * Raises head and chest when put on tummy (end of month three) * Lifts head up 45 degrees (end of month three) * Kicks and straightens legs when on back (end of month three) * Open and shuts hands (end of month three) * Brings both hands together (end of month three) * Kicks legs energetically (end of month three) * Holds head up with control (end of month three) * Rolls over [back to side] (end of month four) * Lifts head up 90 degrees (end of month four) * Explores objects with his mouth [if his hands are objects] (end of month four)
We figure at this rate, he should be speaking in complete sentences sometime around Thanksgiving.
i sincerely do not know what you are doing here. are you lost? were you
looking for your delicate calico cat, and did you follow her up two flights of stairs
to this room? she is not here. she was here, yes. we gave her a warm bowl of milk, we talked with her about campaign finance reform for a time, and then she bid us good day. i believe she was
going to the post office two blocks down, but i don't quite recall.
for surely you did
not find your way from prinsiana, the least traveled site on
the internet. if you did, though, perhaps you are looking for humor. perhaps you are looking for profundity. perhaps you are looking for answers.
i'm sorry, but you shall go naught-for-three.
