Babies this age can focus on shapes that are close by, but see distant objects as blurry because they are nearsighted. As babies grow, eyesight improves. By the end of 3 months, they can follow a moving object, are more interested in shapes and patterns, and can spot familiar faces, even at a distance. Human faces are one of their favorite things to look at, especially their own or a parent's face.
Watch out for cracks, cankers, and holes. Cankers are lesions on the branches and trunk of the tree, often circular or oval, with a sunken center and raised edges. Deep splits through the bark are also signs of possible tree failure. Be on the lookout for sap seepage, whether from a wound or other area of the tree. Sap seepage can be an indication of a bacterial infection within the tree, or damage being done to the tree by insects or birds.
On warm days the sap begins to flow and will continue if the night is not frosty. When the tree is thawed out completely the sap stops flowing and only starts again when the tree freezes again. When is maple season? The maple season may last 4 to 6 weeks, but sap flow is heaviest for 10 to 20 days. Sap flowing in high volumes is called a ârun.â Aârunâ is a series of days where in the daytime the trees thaw out and the nights freeze the tree again.