Yesterday’s foray into procrastination by mathematical modeling forced me to shift some actual work into the evening hours, which meant that I completely forgot about Toddler Blogging. Which is fine, because lately SteelyKid has been reacting to cameras in approximately the same way as the reclusive celebrity of your choice, so all my pictures of he tend to look like this:
Just after this shot, she heard the shutter sound, turned around, and fled crying. So, you know, I feel like a wonderful person.
anyway, sorry for the delay, but at least it gave me something to post this morning. We’re off to Readercon for the weekend, so you shouldn’t expect much blog-like activity. Which is probably fine, because between the George R. R. Tolkien Martin book and the Harry Potter movie, I doubt anyone’s doing all that much blog reading, anyway.
You know you can turn off the shutter sound, right?
Or teach her how to use the camera, and let her take pictures of you and her mom and Emmy, for a change, until she likes cameras again.
She’s old enough to handle a cheap point-and-shoot, with supervision, too. Give her one of your old ones, and see how she responds.
And my vote is to let her know that her boundaries are respected, and don’t worry about us. Ask nicely each time if you may take a picture, and if she says, “No,” say, “Okay. I’ll ask again some other time,” and then make a show of setting the camera aside.
I love the weekly toddler blogging, but hey, we’ll live.
I really like Ms. Anderson’s suggestion, too. Maybe treat us to some pictures that Steelylkid takes, for a while.
Or how about Emmy as weekly toddler blogging’s Special Guest Star?