One Year Old

[ossuarian]

So Zane's birthday has come and gone.  Here's some important landmarks

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[whiskeyjack]

We have a MacKenzie a MacKenna and a Jackson. Also 2 Emmas.

[ossuarian]

I never heard of the name MacKenzie until I worked on a videogame called MacKenzie and Company. It was originally named after one of the minor characters who was, in fact, minor enough that they wrote her out of the story during shooting.

Anyway, based on this tiny sample, it seems to be coming into its own. Another Jackson, too. I wonder if they're all named after Jackson Pollock.

[xerhino]

Ah, the thwarting. Somewhere around that age I started to recognize a particular sob from Ian as the "I have been thwarted" sob.

[ossuarian]

Yeah, it's pretty distinct. I wonder if it's the same from child to child. Phones are Zane's most common thwart. With remote controls, there's more subtle thwarts we can do, such as setting the remote to control something that's turned off an inactive. Zane's mostly convinced that remotes don't do anything when he holds them.

I've been trying to do the same with phones by unplugging the phones and then giving them to Zane, but he's still obsessed with them.

His absolute, number one focus is cameras. I haven't been able to take a picture of him for months that wasn't of Zane walking forward with his arms out like an extra from a George Romero film, but he doesn't see cameras much. Every time the phone rings, it's time for another phone thwarting.

[xerhino]

Ha. Ian has a sort of opposite belief, that anything can be used as a remote:

[xerhino]

Hmm, that link didn't work right. Let's try:
ian remote image

[fruitylips]

When Gabby turned 1, I told her that her year of being carried around was over and that she was now responsible for keeping up with the tribe. She giggled and hugged me like they do, so I gave her 6 more months.

[ossuarian]

Maybe it's because I'll lose the only upper-body exercise I get, but I'm not looking forward to the time I no longer carry Zane. He's been walking for a few months, so I don't have to carry him too often.

Well, I walk with him in a shoulder harness, so I suppose I carry him 2-4 miles a day. But that's a lot easier than lugging him. I don't spend much time doing that, except I still rock him to sleep in my arms.

I'll miss that when it's gone. It's one of the nicer bits of infant bonding.

[fruitylips]

I certainly can still carry Gabby, but I don't miss doing it as a matter of course. She'd prefer to ride on my shoulders or walk now (29 months). Now she's big enough for wrestling, which is way more fun than carrying.

[elegantelbow]

I often cheerfully say, "Twart!" as I do it.

*snerk*

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome strikes children under one year old. If Zane dies now, they have to say what killed him.

I thought that sentece was going to end very differently. In particuar, I expected it to end, "If Zane dies now, they have to say I killed him".

[ossuarian]

Well, you've one-upped me in being dark when discussing parenthood.

I keep forgetting to mention that Zane can play a game for the first time. It's like tag, but Zane's always it. I call it "Rabid Baby".

ouch

[elegantelbow]

Does it involve biting? A. seems to enjoy hitting and biting! Not sure if you'd call it a "game" or not as the only rules seem to be: he bites and hits, we try to stop him, he laughs at us.

He and the dog have two annoying games. One is: "BARK!" "YELL!" "BARK!" "YELL!" and this goes on for awhile. I would say I need earplugs but I think I'm just slowly going deaf.

The other is: dog approaches baby. Baby starts hollering and hitting the dog. The dog tries to nose the baby while being hit in the face. The dog (and baby) think this is hilarious.

Their only cute game is when the dog tries to herd him. He crawls away and cracks up.

I can't wait until they're all old enough to play Monopoly!