carter saw a picture of himself when he was 1.5 years old, and he stared at it for a long time, then finally turned to me and said "why am i so LITTLE in this picture?"

i told him he was only one, and he just stared at it again and said nothing else, but you could just see him processing the information that he was that little once. i am not sure if he found it upsetting or not, because it could have been interpreted 2 ways--one: look how big i am now, or two: i have not always been big and strong and was once small and weak. the former conveys a sense of accomplishment, the latter a sense of imperfection.

interestingly, he has no issue looking at pictures of himself as a baby. it is that "small person" stage that he dislikes.