Babies: A Sensory Journey Through Time (0-6 months)

AGE: 3 days
What they look like: a little mouse, curled up and pink.
What they smell like: that indescribable newborn smell, clean, pure, and lovely.
What they sound like: a mewling kitten.
What they feel like: a super-soft, floppy little sack of early peas.

AGE: 3 weeks
What they look like: tiny, wide-eyed, splayed-limbed, impossibly cute.
What they smell like: still that beautiful newborn smell; especially from the little bald head.
What they sound like: a kitten with lungs the size of a mountain lion's.
What they feel like: just a tiny li'l sack o' sugar.

AGE: 3 months
What they look like: the quintessential baby - beautiful eyes, that adorable toothless grin.
What they smell like: breast milk.
What they sound like: an injured cat.
What they feel like: beautiful, soft, smooth skin. And getting a bit wriggly.

AGE: 6 months
What they look like: a tiny, pudgy version of one parent or the other.
What they smell like: pee.
What they sound like: a fire engine.
What they feel like: a fifteen pound octopus, recently emigrated from Krypton.


AGE: any and every
What they look like:  you, but much cuter.
What they smell like: the sweetest, purest thing on Earth - including when they smell like pee.
What they sound like:  your favorite song.
What they feel like: can only be described in metaphor, and even then not very well.  Like the previous three.