Baby Scientist

We are fortunate to be surrounded by several great universities in the Boston/Cambridge area and they all do extensive research on babies and children.  Carter was born at a Harvard affiliated hospital so we were put on a list to be contacted when opportunities for him to participate in studies were available.  We've gone to the children's lab at Harvard a few times and at this last visit he got to wear this special cap.

This cap, which sits on the head much like a bathing cap, detects electrical activity in the brain when visual images are presented.  I thought the study was particularly interesting as the researchers were looking to see if babies have the ability to estimate and make mathematical connections as adults do.  Carter was into it for maybe 2 minutes at which point he became distracted by the room we were in and the chair we were sitting on.  I have to give him credit for lasting as long as he did.  He's always such a good boy and willing to go along with whatever we ask of him.

I also wanted to share this picture to document the never ending drool of this little boy.  No teeth to report yet-- let the drooling continue!