Morgan Week 3 Day 4

Morgan has spent much of the day demanding attention with his excellent pair of lungs. He continues to expand his range of expressions and his features are becoming more individual. Margaret thinks he is becoming more aware of his surroundings; he certainly responds to the black and white stimulators and has eyed the red-striped one too. Margaret has made a black and white mobile using 4 paper plates each with stripes, a dot, a checkerboard and a bull's eye. Huw put together a frame for putting over the cot from which the mobile can be hung. It is a little reminiscent of a prison but it should be stimulating for Morgan. He performs well in the bath and shows signs of pleasure, including waving his arms around with great vigour. Once he gets off to sleep he is quite fine but inducing him to do so can take time. It is pleasing that a pattern of night-time sleeping is becoming established. Unlike everybody else I find it impossible to pick him up comfortably, and can only manage raising him up to sit by holding the back of his head and leg.