Basically if anything expensive and colorful enters Will's field of view he very badly wants to hold it and put it in his mouth. So last thursday he and I were hanging out and decided to call Grandma Susan while she drove with Grandpa Mike and Jake up to the lake cabin for a fishing weekend. I put the phone on speaker and Will insisted on holding it while we talked.
He does this frequently and usually manages to press or bite different button combinations which have interesting consequences. This time he started chewing on the bottom end (as in the picture above), which is where the microphone is. So Grandma couldn't hear us, and when I tried to pull the phone out of his mouth, he starts a little tantrum. To quell this, Erin gave him her phone, so he could have something to hold while we kept talking. But the slobber damage was done and my phone dropped the call with Grandma twice, and starts randomly switching into "Car Kit Mode," which is what happens when you plug a remote microphone into the bottom end of the phone (for hands-free use in the car). So Will's slobber shorted out that connection and it took a bunch of cleaning to get it reset. In the meantime, he's chomping away on Erin's phone. When we finally finish the call and Erin takes the phone back, it reports that Will had somehow logged onto the wireless web (which we're not paying for) for 3 minutes of airtime! Then, the kicker - a few minutes later, Grandma Brenda calls Erin's cell:
"What's going on, are you ok?" She asks.
"Yes, what do you mean?" replied Erin.
"You just called me, all I could hear was Tom talking and a strange chewing sound..."
So Will called both Grandmas!
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