Today Maya participated in a cognitive study in the baby lab at ucla.
First she was fitted with a pair of special gloves on her hands --which of course went directly in her mouth.
Then a couple of different colored toys were put in front of her (one at a time); they were hoping she would grab at them with these special gloves.
But she was MUCH more interested in eating the said gloves and showed little interest in the toys.
We then went to watch a tv that had pictures of the same toys on it, and they tracked the movement of her eyes on the screen.
Finally she had to chew on a swab so they could get her saliva to test her testosterone levels. This was a perfect activity for Maya since she is drooling ALOT.
She soaked that swab in no time.
Lauren, the grad student who worked with Maya was very happy with how it all went, and invited her back for a different study in the next couple of weeks. She was even gifted a cute baby lab t-shirt to say thanks!
PS all of the students running the lab commented on how cool her hair was.
I call it the baby-hawk.
