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What are you doing now, Sweetie?

Go to bed.

Half a minute passes on the tape.

She has closed her eyes.

Now what are you doing?

Go to bed! Go to bed!

Well, youre in bed. What are you doing in bed?

I dont know.

Sweetie, after you went to bed, what did you do?

We had told her to try and remember this.

She watches herself lying there,

eyes closed, doing nothing.

Go to bed.

Do you remember doing this?

She pauses.

No.

Do you remember going to bed?

No.

We told you to remember it. Do you remember it?

Unh-uh.

What are you doing?

I don't know.

Are you sleeping?

I don't know.

Do you think you are sleeping?

Yes.

What is sleeping?

I don't know.

Are you doing anything there in bed?

I don't know.

What are you doing?

Sleeping.

Do you remember sleeping?

I don't know.

We are videotaping this session, of course.

Videotape 4/23/10

Our daughter is almost two. It's time to start showing her the videos we make of her. We are starting with one tape per day. The first tape is dated 7/18/09. It shows us putting her to bed and her falling asleep. We are careful not to look at the camera. We will do this before lunch every day.

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