Category Archives: Metrics

Trixie surprised us yesterday when she demanded 203 total minutes of breastfeeding, sharply exceeding the average of 133.25 minutes obtained over the previous eight days. This turn of events made for a rather long and fussy day.

That’s how much it cost to have a baby, vaginal delivery, no complications, followed by 36 hours in the hospital. Trixie is now officially the most expensive thing we have in the house — she cost way more than the … Continue reading →

Trixie is still pretty over-stimulated by the black and white patterns. But I think she likes it — as a sort of addiction. Sometimes instead of scanning the image, her eyes go wide, her pupils dilate and she just stares. … Continue reading →

Well, we showed a few of the images to Trixie. Her reaction was pretty much the same regardless of the individual image. Her eyes INSTANTLY get huge, and start rapidly scanning, flitting back and forth. The immediacy was surprising and … Continue reading →

Everyone says that babies respond best to high-contrast black and white images. A series of images have been created to test this theory. But what kind of patterns are baby’s brains interested in processing? Ordered patterns, disordered, organic? Repetitions? Symmetries? … Continue reading →

I have taken to calling her “Gecko Baby”. I know other parents project cute bunnies or snuggly bears onto their newborns, but the more I see her fingers and toes, and the dark little eyes the more the gecko image … Continue reading →

Trixie looks a lot like a little lizard. Her fingers and toes are freakishly long. Polite company would describe them as the hands of a future pianist; I think she looks just like a gecko. Her head is also pretty … Continue reading →

Beatrix Valentina MacNeill is born Thursday July 31, 2003 at 9:52 pm. Her birth weight is 6lbs, 11ozs. She is 20″ long. She is named after Valentina Tereshkova — the first woman to travel in space.