It finally happened, at 12.5 month, he said "no" . This has not been witnessed by us first hand yet, but our nanny said that as she started putting his toys away the other day, he responded by protesting, "No, No, No, No!" She was taken aback, as were we. We haven't been saying "No" too much to him, other than gently correcting things that he does, like playing with the fireplace, grabbing pens or dangerous objects, or tipping hanged pictures within his reach. I guess he's learned quickly!
One funny pen story: Zack picked up a pen from the couch, we said, "No Zack, put it back", he seemed to understand and then put the pen back on the couch. We praised and applauded him, which in turn got him to grin and clap. But then he went for the pen again, we repeated our command and the same result happened. Then he started going through and repeating the following cycle all on his own: Pick up pen, shake head "No" (while grinning), put the pen back down, and then clap in delight. It took all our strength to keep a stern face and keep from laughing!
This week has seen Zack go from zero attachment to super attachment to one of his bankets. He now needs to carry it around the house and we've started taking it with us on car trips and walks, requiring a lot more cleaning now. The change was so sudden, and it didn't seem to replace another attachment to another object. It seems to be a new, but healthy attachment.
Also we went down a slide all by ourselves the other day, with daddy catching at the bottom. He needs to be placed in a seated position before going down, but he will initiate the inching forward until he starts to slide, and seems to enjoy it quite a bit!
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