I had a feeling that my baby would be familiar with my voice from the moment he popped out of the womb. I'm a talker, always have been and always will be. So, the poor thing was subjected to my constant jabbering for nine months straight. At just a few weeks old, his eyes lit up and his body wiggled when he heard me.
But I wondered when he would be able to recognize my face? At about three months, I noticed that he knew my face in particular. He could hold his gaze on me, and even track me with his little eyes as I moved from one corner of the room to the next.
At this very moment in his life, I was the most important thing. While it made my heart swell, it also made me realize the importance of my job as his mother. I was responsible not only for his physical well-being but for living up to his high expectations. I would always be there for him.
And it wasn't just my face that he seemed to recognize. It was also my smell. There was a time when my son was about two months old and I had to go out of town for a friend's wedding. My son was very fussy and not knowing what else to do, mother let his use one of my t-shirts as a swaddling blanket. Lo and behold, he seemed to quite down. He was comforted by my smell.
When did you realize your baby could recognize you by sound, sight, or smell?
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