oh and...you can start doing sensory integration stuff NOW...

gentle massage
light brushing with one of those baby brushes on his arms, hands and lower legs (NOT face or torso or feet)
swaddling (he may hate it but its essential)
heavy rubbing of torso and back
lots of skin to skin contact -- nakey mommy naky baby chest to chest

use a baby "bundler" for this...this type of baby carrier is very natural....its a bit complicated to use the first couple of times but once you get the hang of it, its fantastic, like wearing a baby shirt.

I think it is www.babybundler.com


the classical music...talk to your baby while it is going on so he learns auditory discrimination...sometimes...sometimes just let him listen to it.....

tapes with stories...yes ever at this age....good calm literature being read by a calm, preferably male (I don't know why) voice...like Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, LIttle Women.
Find ones with accents too....British ones. Have a male in your family read some favorites...about an hours worth onto a tape, too.

read The Mislabeled Child I mentioned in the last post!!! :^)


Willa Gayle