10 months old, and already too smart for me.

Charlie and I frequently lie on the floor or the bed to play.  If my cell phone rings, and I am foolish enough to answer it, an immediate game of “keep away” starts.  Charlie will reach across my face, crawl around my head, or anything else he can think of to get his hands on that phone.  He is surprisingly persistent, and usually successful.

Recently, my cell phone’s performance started to decline, most likely largely due to the afore-mentioned phenomenon (upon successfully getting the phone, of course he uses it as a pacifier).  A week ago, my phone finally died.  Fortunately, Jean still had her former phone, so I switched my phone number to that phone; it’s the same model as mine, but pink (mine is a manly steel gray).  It works perfectly, and as an added bonus, my old phone was promoted from “crappy cell phone” to “excellent toy”, or so I thought…

Charlie has no interest in my old phone.  I give it to him…  Nothing.  I pretend to try to keep it from him…  Nothing.  I lie down next to him and hold it to my ear…  Nothing.  I open it…  Nothing.  Yesterday I actually sat and had a lengthy conversations with myself; I’m lying there on my phone saying “No, he’s not going for it.  Charlie seems to know that this conversation is BS”…  Nothing.  Charlie has absolutely no interest in that phone! 

However, if I try to use my NEW phone near Charlie, he mauls me.  I know nothing about how easy it is to take candy from a baby, but taking a cell phone is a real pain in the ass!