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Photos: Nico is home.

Note: The last three of Nico and Dad are there because Nico is wearing a nightie that I wore in the first weeks of my life. The wife of my godfather and namesake (her name is Toni) batiked it and gave it to my mother, and for all these years mom could just never throw it away or give it to anyone. So it moved from Buffalo to Indiana to Nashville to St. Louis, and now to me. My son sleeps in it at the moment.

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Here's pictures all in a row of 3 different adults holding Niko. Every one of you is holding the baby in the same position, looking directly into his face, which is 8-10 inches away from yours.

Did you all know that newborn baby eyes have a fixed focal length of 8-10 inches? And that baby brains are hard-wired to look for the 4 basic shapes that signify a human face and lock in on the eyes? The utterly cool thing is that whether they know that or not, adults invariably hold a baby exactly the right distance away and stare at its eyes, even when the baby is asleep (as Nico appears to be in these pictures).

I learned that in developmental psych many years ago, and I'm amazed all over again every time I see that pair of interlocking instincts in action. Great pictures, btw. The nightie is beautiful, and looks like it should last through several more generations of babies.

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adults invariably hold a baby exactly the right distance away and stare at its eyes

Except when they hold them at arm's length and peer at them with a bewildered expression. Sometimes not at their eyes, either, but at regions from which suspect matter may fall without warning.

This is my favourite one in this series -- very Maddona-esque... with the added detail of the cat in the background appearing to deliberately ignore the new competition... :)

The best photos tell stories! :)

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Yeah, that picture makes me all sniffly. The best picture, actually, exists only in my head. If I were a painter, I'd paint it, too - the two of them on the bed, Shannon half-curled around Nico, neither really awake. Alas, Shannon wasn't actually dressed at the time (what with the nursing, but better for Renaissance paintings), so no photograph. But I can see it in my head and get all sniffly too.

And yeah, the cat's funny. She wanted to be close, but not looking or something. The other cat crawls close and sniffs, then when Nico makes a noise, flees.