Figuring it Out--Follow Up

Two random lessons we have learned about this age from Nicholas' discovery of how to make his toys move while in his chair (written about here):

• Apparently babies can feel a sense of pride in accomplishment at 7 weeks old. Who knew? But Nicholas definitely knows the difference when I make his toys move and when he does it himself and watching his reactions is amazing. Last weekend I noticed that if I rocked his chair to make the toys move he looked at them with interest, but if he kicked and made them move his entire face lit up in a grin.
• His memory is getting pretty good. It is now a week since he first figured this trick out and it is now at the point where before I can even start buckling him in, he is staring intently at his toys and kicking. He remembers exactly what to do.

And another random note on this topic: the middle toy has a pull string that makes it play a song. From the way Nicholas looks at that toy sometimes I think he is now trying to figure out how he can make it play the song without us having to do it for him. I admire his desire to move on to figuring out the next thing, but I feel bad because there is no physical way he can accomplish it right now. Even if he had the ability to control his hands enough to grab and pull the string, the toys are too far away for his little arms to reach.