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A quiet day in the house. Neil slept to 3pm because he and Mary Ann were up to 5am. She is so awake in the middle of the night, that it is annoying. We are not use to have difficulties with her. I tried to talk and keep her awake here in the morning. Of curse she is right awake now in the afternoon when I want to write the blog and do other things.
I have started reading to her now. I started with the Bible in child version. Reading to a child, no matter how small, will pay off. It helps the baby develop an ear for the cadence of language -- in fact, varying the pitch of our voice, using accents, singing, and vocalising make the aural connection between us and Mary Ann that much more stimulating. But she looks the other way or loses concentration – I try to adjust her stimulation by trying something else, or give her time to rest. I have read that I should co-ordinate me interactions with her responses and interest. However she doesn’t seem interested at all. She just fall a sleep. She slept all the time and I’m wondering if it’s because she is not mature enough yet.
I also tried to play music for her today. That was fun. She was defiantly fascinated of that. She smiled and made funny grimaces. We got busy to find the camera and record her for the first time on that. When we finally found the camera and got it working she was tired – again.