Life got a lot more fun this past month when my cousin Jenn and her family moved into the same apartment complex as us, just two buildings away. She and her husband Kris have a boy (Sam) who's just a few weeks younger than Seth, and it's fun to see their friendship develop. Sam's already pretty good at saying Seth's name. Seth, however, calls Sam "cheese", and started doing this from about the day they moved in. We don't know if it's his sincere attempt at pronouncing "Sam", or if he'll be one of those people who instantly nicknames people he meets. We decided Cheese is a pretty cool nickname, so we've just gone along with it. Seth says it with a lot of gusto and repeats it over and over when he's around Sam, usually looking for eye contact from the adults around as if seeking approval to the question-- "is this or is this not my friend Cheese?" It was a bit disruptive when Seth broke into a loud episode of "Cheese!" repetitions during the middle of church when he spotted Sam a few pews ahead of us. People at church must think our kid has a serious food obsession. They'll hear me respond to Seth's cheese rants by saying stuff like "you can play with Cheese later", not knowing we're talking about a person.
Sam is a lot more chill than Seth, and doesn't express the same enthusiasm for Seth's presence (although I think he likes him). Seth has no concept for personal space, and is always touching Sam, trying to get him to play ball, and stealing his toys. For one-year-olds, that's a friendship that works.
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I love this post! Just something about Seth nicknaming Sam "Cheese" that makes me chuckle over and over again...especially the way you described how he seems to look at the adults for confirmation. What will Seth do next?
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