Liam, observer

[jrtom]

Liam, in my experience of newborn babies, is unusually (and precociously) engaged in looking around him. As in, he was doing this less than 10 minutes after exiting the womb. He does cry when he's cold or hungry or objecting to being poked at, but unlike other babies I've known, he spends a nontrivial amount of time simply checking things out. I've seen him do this for half an hour at a time.

This is particularly odd when you consider that newborn babies generally can't focus on anything more than about ~20 cm away. Regardless, I wish that I could understand what's going on in his head as he does this.

Side note: due in part to the folds of skin below his eyes, and in part to his eye color--typical newborn Caucasian dark blue--he looks strikingly like Ian McKellan in this mode. I find this hilarious.

Comments

[callibr8]

Liam is a lovely name! Congratulations to you and Megan on your new arrival.

Joseph, who is now four, was quiet-and-observing like that when I met him at 15 months. It's fun when they start talking and thus we start finding out what's going on in their little heads, isn't it? :-)

[gwyd.livejournal.com]

Ooo! Do you have pictures of him looking all Ian McClellan?

[vito-excalibur.livejournal.com]

Wow. Cool! Also, yes, teeny baby Sir Ian McKellan would be hilarious. :)