Michael's Favorite Things

As the video shows, Nate has mastered sitting up by himself and crawling. Sometimes, he still prefers to creep when he is in a hurry to get something we might decide to take away from him.

I believe in giving crawlers and toddlers maximum freedom to explore that is compatible with safety. Unfortunately, safety in the studio means constantly distracting him every three minutes. Absolutely everything Michael encounters, he puts in his mouth. Here some of the things he loves best:

• Crawling under the bed and eating shoes and shoelaces
• Crawling under the bed and tearing up the New York Times and the most current issues of his daddy's favorite magazines
• The cat scratching post
• Anything that lights up
• Lamps
• Cell phones. He has quickly discovered that the dead one without batteries that I gave him is a fake.
• Remote controls. Vanessa said he tried to eat one as if it were a hamburger.
• Computers. He recognizes the throne of power.
• All electric cords
• Paint cans
• Plastic bags
• My cane
• Handbags and backpacks
• Zippers
• Velcro
• Cameras and camcorders
• All paper
• Glasses