Where Are The Extra Arms Hidden?

Until recently I was under the misapprehension that babies only had two arms. It would appear when you look at them that this is the case, but as I'm sure any of you who have tried to work with a baby on your lap know, there are other arms that are hidden mysteriously until such time as you need the baby to keep still. Perhaps some of you think this is a ridiculous notion, but I have experienced first hand how this must be so. I have had both Jake's arms "captured" in a hug with one arm, whilst typing with the other - and yet still there are hands that resemble my son's banging on my desk, laptop and anything else within their reach. It is beyond me where these hands come from - I've checked when changing his clothes and bathing and I've only ever been able to find two, but I know there has to be more!

Another strange phenomena with his arms is how long they actually are. I know how long I think they are, and so I move things that distance so he can't reach them. Somehow, he always seems to be able to stretch that extra inch or two further than I think he can. I know that baby's bones are soft - but do they also contain some kind of elastic material that allows that extra length so Jake can reach just that little bit further to collect my book, or newspaper off the table?

To backtrack a little to the subject of typing with one hand, isn't it about time that a new keyboard was designed? Although I'm a touch typist with both hands, I'm also pretty good with only one hand (result of too many broken arms!) but there are some things that are almost impossible when working in this computerized electronic age. For example, with Jake on my knee, how am I supposed to be able to press the "Alt Gr" AND the "2" keys at the same time? I used to play piano and can stretch a full octave with my hand, but that particular code is virtually impossible - and it's necessary to obtain the all important @ sign. Usually I end up having to stretch the arm around Jake in some kind of contortionist pose in order to achieve an email address! 

If there are any designers reading this, what I'd also like is to have basic html codes on keys. For instance, <b> and </b> could be two keys. I don't use the F keys, I hardly ever use any of these scroll lock, pause, print screen type keys, but I do use basic html and it would be so much easier if this kind of coding could be done at the stroke of key rather than three different ones, plus the caps key. I'd be ever so happy if someone could design something like that - please? Oh, and if you could manage to give the @ symbol a key of its own, which I'm sure it merits in today's technological age, I (and I suspect many other moms) would be eternally grateful! 

Katie-Anne 2001