A Kuzmich Constitutional: The Thrill of "Open and Close" & Other News

Ezra, now eleven months old, is a joy to watch. He is all learning, exploring, and experimenting.

He can be extremely focused. For example, I recently gave Ezra an empty, cleaned-up apple juice container and lid. He took the jar and the removed lid and sat for 15 minutes, in intense concentration, trying to understand how the lid fit onto the bottle. Only after he mastered the skills of screwing on the lid, and then removing the lid, did he move on to more active pursuits. In a similar way, he was all concentration when I introduced a set of twelve nesting cups. He was fascinated that some cups fit into each other, and others did not. He very deliberately tested every cup on their in-and-out capabilities, as thoroughly as a little scientist.

Lately, doors are quite a fascination. He doesn't like to be alone in a room with a completely shut door, so he will mostly shut a door, and then quickly open it again, assuring that he hasn't been left alone. Here is a little photo sequence of his open-and-shut game: