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Sunday, July 13, 2008

How to Entertain a Newborn

It's a rare moment when Cassie, Carrie and John all get a moment to rest their eyes. Certainly a moment worth capturing.

As Cassie spends more time awake each day, we find ourselves at a loss for how to entertain a newborn. The books tell us at this age she can differentiate black and white, and should be able to recognize faces within about 20 inches or so. But other than that, we're not really quite sure what she's interested in. When she's not asleep and not eating, her attention span is only about 5 minutes before she gets bored and starts crying. From family suggestion, we picked up the crib-mounted Symphony in Motion toy which she seems to be amused by. But, not having a crib yet, makes using it kind of tricky. Any suggestions are welcome! :)

We have a new photo album up with pictures of her third and fourth week. Enjoy them over at Picasa.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Beautiful shot! Glad you3 could catch some sleep and enjoy some peaceful moment TOGETHER. Cassie is very sweet, not shy to strangers yet :) Even though it is too early to say, but my instinct is she has inherited the good ‘people-oriented’ personality from mom and dad.

I enjoyed very much the brief ‘Ye-ye’ (grandpa) duty in previous 2 wks. It was very comforting to hold Cassie, and see you2 transformed into ‘great’ parents. Thanks to both of you and I ilook fwd to future visits.

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