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this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2023
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No interaction? I hope you're talking to your baby, staring into their eyes, playing with their hands... you don't just plop a baby down and wait for it to grow. You are teaching the baby right now. They are taking in way more than you realize. When I didn't know what to say I would just sing the alphabet song or walk around the room pointing out colors or names of different objects. I swear by teaching babies sign language for the basics. Mine was signing milk at just a few months old, cuts down on crying when they can communicate exactly what they want. And everyone says it but it's true, these early baby days fly by and you should try to appreciate every stage, good or bad.
Oh yeah, we read to her, sit with her all the time, talk and interact at her, there's just little in the way of response. It's just grunts and squirms. She can't even see us yet.
We're enjoying when she's awake and content because we can watch her "look" around and learn her body. It's adorable. Just the past couple days, I've been noticing a bit more reaction to stimuli in a way that shows some curiosity.