As Jack is old enough now to move himself about, and quite quickly too, he’s also able to reach up and grab at the kitchen cupboard door handles, which was funny to start with, as he just used to hang onto them, but now he’s more curious as to what’s inside, it’s a job to keep up with him!
I’ve just been right through every ground-based cupboard in the kitchen and have fitted those little latches that only a grown-up knows how to get in, just to be told by Claire that Jack’s worked out how to get into the cupboard in the utility room. Great.
Apparently, he pulls the door twice in quick succession and the latch gives way. This is a problem, as there’s all sorts of horrible stuff that babies shouldn’t get to see, such as bleach, or washing powder and other boring cleaning stuff like that, but it also made me smile, as you can almost see that he’s going to be trouble when he’s older.
He does things sometimes and looks at you with ‘that look’ as if he knows exactly what he’s doing and that he also knows that he’s not meant to do that, or his mum might not approve. As the token-responsible parent in the house, you can’t laugh or seem to encourage him as he’ll certainly do it again next time. But I certainly wanted to.
I mentioned something about this to my mum a little while ago, and she said they had to hide their smiles and laughter at stuff we did as kids during a telling-off, all them years ago. Personally, I can’t remember any hint of them wanting to smile or laugh, so they must have done it well, or had plenty of practice, as I do remember being told off quite a lot…
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