The first sentence "The first time I noticed sounds around me was when I was a baby in the crib." of the story inhibited me to go further in your story. Then i started reading here there as a cursory.Who remembers hearing sounds when you were still in the crib? I do not refute that the baby in the crib doesn't react to the sound at that age, it doesn. That kid must be f*cking (borrowing your own word exceptional