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4/4/2009 TELEPHONESWhen I was a child, there was only one real form of communication, other than in person, and that was the telephone. The regular, everyone had one - some had party lines (like we did for years after moving upstate New York to live on my maternal Grandfather's land) big receiver on a cradle... rings the same all over type of telephone. It was a big deal when we didn't have to dial any more... touch tone option was so cool!
I don't remember cellular phones entering the scene until I was in my teens... they were probably around before then, but not in my life. The original cell phones didn't get reception anywhere other than in the middle of the city, and then only if not blocked by a tall building or lots of steel, and they were huge... you almost needed two hands to hold them to your ear. Actually, as the companies began making cell phones smaller and smaller it seemed un-natural to me... to be smaller than a regular phone's receiver? How could an entire phone be contained in such a small thing?
Well, once I adjusted, a cellular phone seems to be almost surgically installed in my hand. I never go anywhere without mine, and everyone I know has one... including each of my nephews... the smallest of whom just turned 10 years old. Imagine. 10 years old and he has his own cell phone.
Well, I've gone one better... or is it worse? I can't help it... ever since my little Dillon could reach out for something, he's always reached out for my cell phone. No wonder... I was on one almost constantly while I was pregnant, and since his birth have kept all my family members up to date on his progress, and every second of his cuteness. I take pictures and video with my phone and text and e-mail all my family and friends... daily it seems.
When I changed cell phone companies and my old phone wasn't compatible with my new company, forcing me to buy a new phone, I decided to let my little baby boy have my old phone. I keep it charged so that when he hits the buttons it beeps and puts colorful numbers on the screen, and he can push several different buttons (you'd think he knew what he was pushing by his concentration) and get pictures of himself as a baby, and of my chihuahua, Precious. Dillon absolutely LOVES phones!
My husband B got him a fake cell phone that beeps and chirps and has little sayings "Hello... can I help you?" or "Hello... who is it?"... listen to the same thing over and over and over and over again for a while and you'll be ready to smash the thing or run over it with the car... ooops!! Dillon NEVER seemed to tire of it though... he'd put it down for a while, but he always remembered where it was, and he'd kind of 'wake up' every once in a while and go find it to check for... well, I can only assume he was checking for messages or missed calls.
I got him one too, when he lost the first one... actually I think this is the third or fourth one... lets see.. he had a red flip phone... a regular blue one... and a smaller silver one... yup, this is the fourth one... it's a "handy Manny" phone... it has the song, and the voices of the different characters on the different keys. Dillon likes it, but he's not in love with it. I think he's almost old enough for his own REAL cell phone.
He must call his Nana (his paternal Grandmother) every day. He will actually seek out my cell phone (no matter how well I hide it... the annoying thing WILL sing a song every time I get an e-mail, so Dillon follows the sound) and once he finds it, he points and says quite loudly, and clearly... NAAAANUUUHHHHHHH!!!!! He want's to talk to her on the phone. He actually does. I'll dial the phone, and put it on speaker phone. Nana answers the phone and Dillon either yells out "HEY!!!!" in a long drawn out kind of way, or he identifies himself clearly with a loud "Deeyahnnnn!!!"... and his Nana is perfect. She talks to him... keeps asking him questions... what are you doing? Nana Loves you! How's my boy? Is that Nana's boy? He's tickled, and ACTUALLY TALKS BACK TO HER... I've never seen a child do this... not at his age, that's for sure.
He'll put the phone up to his forehead, and while he stares at the numbers close to his little eyes he'll start mumbling to Nana..."ummm... bum de mama unn tooo.... bops... nnnn um mow nah.. naaanaaahhhhh" and then he's quiet while waiting for her response... and she'll say "Oh really? Have you been playing? Are you having fun playing? Are you there? Talk to Nana"... and then he'll hold the phone away from him... at arms length... and he'll shout "Ummm... Naaaaaa nuhhhhhhh!!!!" and then crack up laughing as if he's just told the funniest joke.
I'm wondering how long I can go before I have to get him his own phone for real... with his own minute plan... I bet I'll have to get unlimited texting. His favorite shows are "Super Why", a spelling word show, "Sesame Street", Elmo's World in particular, "Word World", another word/spelling show, and "Barney"... lots of singing and words and counting... he loves the learning shows.
I love watching him learn... it's just awesome! I can't get over this little guy... he constantly amazes me.
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