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Nephew Benjamin just celebrated his second metric birthday (100 days) and we have discovered that he is enraptured by guitar-playing. He stares with wide eyes and mouth agape; first at the right hand, the hand that is rhythmically moving in time with the sound; then the face, the thing that moves and makes a different sound; then the left hand, the thing that moves when the sound changes. If I had been outfitted with sound-responsive, color-changing LEDs, he would have gone into stimulation overload.

It's really neat; he was rapt for the entire twenty minutes I was playing. Until he wet himself thoroughly. Then it was bath time, feeding time, and bed time. I'll avoid any prolonged discussion of his rapid development, or weight/length percentiles in favor of skipping straight to the pictures.


Fig 1. Getting Weighed: Circa 6 Weeks A.B.


Fig 2. Lump of Baby: Circa 9 Weeks A.B.


Fig 3. The Subject Exhibits both Smiling and Pouting: Circa 14 Weeks A.B.


Fig 4. A Regular Chick Magnet


Fig 5. He Makes Excellent Use of the Mom-a-Lounger