My little control freak

Zane is the ultimate control freak now. This has been going on since he figured out that he could take his binki out and put it back in, so for a few months now. It has now moved from his constant need to control his binki to a constant need to control everything; his bottle, binki, diaper, blanket, spoon, car seat cover, and the list goes on and on.

When I feed him a bottle he is convinced he can, and should, be able to hold the bottle and take it out and put it back in his mouth as he pleases. He obviously can't hold his own bottle, but he sure is working hard at it and I am sure he will be doing this soon. Also, while he is eating the hand that isn't securely clutching the bottle has to be in constant motion. Hitting me, the chair, or usually trying to force the bottle out of his mouth and then back in again. Occasionally when he is sleepy this hand will lovingly pat our faces, but that is a rarity.

A classic example of his need to be in control happened the other night while he was sleeping. He had eaten his bottle and was slightly restless so I tried to give him his pacifier. In his sleepy state he took it out and not only put it down but continued to push it away from himself. After I laid him down he was again restless, this generally is stopped by the binki, so I offered him it again. He took it out, set it down, laid there a second, then grabbed it and place it even farther away. Ok, I get it you control your binki, silly boy. He now also likes to blow raspberries when he is sleepy to avoid a bottle, a binki, blanket, or anything that would quickly push him over to sleeping.

Friday, while we were out and about running errands, I pulled his car seat visor down a little so the sun wasn't in his eyes. By this point he was mad and wanted out of the car seat so he grabbed the visor and some how managed to bring it all the way forward, folded down by his feet, with the sun back in his eyes. The fit that ensued included screaming ( not crying, random screams), repeatedly hitting the side of his car seat, and ended with him throwing Dolarus, the duck, out of the car seat and onto the floor boards. When we got home we had to have a little talk about how throwing fits will get you no where and how we treat our toys.

He is getting better about opening his mouth when we bring the spoon up to his face, but he also now wants to hold his spoon at all times. On occasion I have given him a spoon to play with, which ended in him trying to "feed himself" - translation: coming dangerously close to poking himself in the eye multiple times. Pretty funny to watch but probably not really safe.

In unrelated news he now has a new cute/strange face. He sucks his bottom lip in and grins. I think it is probably due to teething, as he sucks on it for a while, but it is pretty adorable. Check it out in the pictures below.