A new year, a new experience...

Over the past few days, Liam has become much more talkative and reactive... he held my gaze for upwards of 30 seconds today, which for him is very new... but all of this has come with a new quirk that I'm still working at understanding without cracking up... my son has a foot/shoe/sock fetish... He has never cared much for socks and shoes, usually preferring (like me) to go barefoot in the house, put sandals on in the summer and reluctantly put socks and shoes on in the winter... but lately he's learned to put his own shoes on and every time I turn around after removing them because he likes to climb on the furniture & people (a blog topic for a later date, I'm sure), he's got them back on... and worse yet he SCREAMS when I try to take his socks off... but what's worse for a barefooter like me... he's following me around with my shoes and putting them on my feet ... even when I'm lying in bed.  He's very gentle but insistent... and he gets them on the right feet about 1/2 the time... but darn it - I hate shoes at the best of times... and worse, he tickles :)

(Liam wearing dad's shoes)

You take the good with the bad, but man am I hoping beyond hope that this is a short term fetish... I don't think I want to become a 24 hour shoe wearer...