Belly Buttons

Each of my babies, when the umbilical stump detached, was left with a unique imprint on the belly button. Liam's looks like a phillips head screwdriver. Ronin's is a cinnamon roll. Keira has a star.

Speaking of (rock) stars...

Q: Do infants (because they don't really have much else to do) typically respond very quickly to therapy? Or is Keira just awesome?

We started moving our fingers around in her mouth, in a fashion called "oral motor therapy" and the next day she was eating better. We started rubbing the muscles between her shoulder blades, working on "extension," and the next day she was holding up her head, looking much less like a hunched old woman. We put her in a white box and started waving toys in front of her face (this was called "vision therapy") and the next day she was legitimately interested in the toys hanging from her mobile.

If the answer to the above question us yes, then I'm in the wrong profession. If it's just Keira, then awesome! Well, either way awesome, actually.