Can you hear me?

I've been doing a lot of baby reading lately, and not just my thai children's books. One of the things that keep popping up is an unborn baby's ability to hear. How they can learn to like things they heard while in the womb. After they're born they can distinguish and be soothed by their mother's heartbeat. They've learned their mother's and father's voices, and will turn towards them as opposed to strangers. And it's been shown that the babies can learn music or the themes to common soap operas that the mother may have often watched. Later, that music can calm the baby.



Sometimes I whisper to him while Sow sleeps.

This morning I'm introducing Sow to The Big Lebowski. Well, I'm starting her on a daily regimen of The Big Lebowski actually. The boy's gotta start his education. I need to train him early so he'll get all the references I make. And I'll never have to ask him, "Hey, have you seen The Big Lebowski"? I'm not naming him "The Dude" or anything, but we gotta keep our priorities straight.