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How your baby's growing: Your baby's task this week, the first of his life outside the womb, is to become accustomed to his new surroundings. After nine months inside, so much space, light, and noise are very new to him. So he likes being swaddled -- wrapped tightly in a blanket -- while he makes the adjustment. For a while, his arms and legs look rather short, but they'll straighten out once he gets used to having so much space to stretch his limbs.

Your newborn's vision is pretty blurry. He can see well only up to a distance of only about 18 inches, so keep your face close to his whenever he's alert -- like all babies, his favorite subject is a loved one's face. He'll be watching you and dad all the time now, memorizing your features and learning to recognize your voices.

Your newborn's attention span isn't too long yet, and just getting used to the outside world is probably enough stimulation for the next few weeks. You might want to think about hanging a simple object with a high-contrast black-and-white pattern over his crib for him to look at.

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