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CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
Sun Aug 31, 2014, 09:07 AM Aug 2014

at 6:30 yesterday morning, my phone rang and announced my son was calling...

still in the fog of sleep but mildly panicked, I called his phone (was there an accident? anyone get sick?).

My unruffled son (who is a senior prosecutor with the D.A.'s office) answered calmly and I asked What's up?

Oh, he said, his little 19 month old, it seems, got hold of his iPhone and started speed dialing everyone on the screen...including his grandfather and my son's boss (eek!)....OY...

folks, this is what comes of all these newfangled devices! Now my little grandson thinks staring at/typing into a little black thingie is what you do all day, every day, morning to night...hmm, makes you think...

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at 6:30 yesterday morning, my phone rang and announced my son was calling... (Original Post) CTyankee Aug 2014 OP
My first "fight" with my infant daughter involved her getting into my purse, IdaBriggs Aug 2014 #1
She was speed crawling to the mall! redwitch Aug 2014 #2
Credit card, car keys, and cell phone? Brigid Aug 2014 #5
back in my day the main attraction on saturday mornings were the cartoons on tv! n/t orleans Aug 2014 #3
Now that's hilarious! Brigid Aug 2014 #4
Future nervous scenarios lunatica Aug 2014 #6
god only knows what's next... CTyankee Aug 2014 #7
Yeah. It's those cute eyes every time lunatica Aug 2014 #9
pic taken moments after the call CTyankee Aug 2014 #11
my goodness look at the cutiepie face and big eyes! Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #12
"Who? ME???" vanlassie Aug 2014 #13
Yep. That face melts my heart... CTyankee Aug 2014 #14
Better than in the old days when whistler162 Aug 2014 #8
My son went on facebook and explained it to all who are on that list... CTyankee Aug 2014 #10
 

IdaBriggs

(10,559 posts)
1. My first "fight" with my infant daughter involved her getting into my purse,
Sun Aug 31, 2014, 09:17 AM
Aug 2014

And REFUSING to surrender my cell phone, car keys and credit card.

She was 9 months old, and not walking. (She was doing some speed crawling, though.)

She was FURIOUS when I took them away. I fear her future teenage years!



Congratulations on a bright grandchild - daddy will learn.

redwitch

(14,944 posts)
2. She was speed crawling to the mall!
Sun Aug 31, 2014, 09:53 AM
Aug 2014

Yup, she had everything she needed for a fabulous shopping trip!

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
6. Future nervous scenarios
Sun Aug 31, 2014, 02:24 PM
Aug 2014

Your son's boss: "You daughter told me you don't give her enough allowance and asked me to help her out."

Your son's secretary: "Your daughter had me send out for pizza delivery", and more scary still, the pizzaman, "Your daughter's running tab has gotten too large so unless you pay it off you can't get any more pizza."

Teacher, "Your daughter called to say she was you and that she's too sick to come to school."

police, "There was a 911 call coming from your residence so we went to investigate..."

neighbor, "Your daughter asked me to unlock the tv shows..."

Precocious children come with their own particular brand of hell.



lunatica

(53,410 posts)
9. Yeah. It's those cute eyes every time
Sun Aug 31, 2014, 03:57 PM
Aug 2014

She'll have your son's boss wrapped around her little finger in no time.

 

whistler162

(11,155 posts)
8. Better than in the old days when
Sun Aug 31, 2014, 03:56 PM
Aug 2014

they would use the rotary dial or touch tones and accidentally call a number in Stockholm or some other foreign place.

You son will just be embarrassed at the next office party when his boss brings it up. And you can embarrass you grandson for years to come about his calling you at 19 months.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
10. My son went on facebook and explained it to all who are on that list...
Sun Aug 31, 2014, 05:12 PM
Aug 2014

there'll be a bit more 'splainin' in the D.A.'s office Tuesday morning, but who could be mad at an adorable toddler who was playing with Daddy's phone (while Daddy was making his breakfast, letting his mom get extra sleep)? Besides, my son is a damn good prosecutor! (And, btw, strong liberal Dem!).

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