Why all of the potty drama? While it has been a few weeks since Ryan has had an accident, it is not for lack of trying on his part! I have to remind, nag, bargain, plead, and finally drag him to the potty. He then refuses to sit to pee. He also does not want to stand to pee. Yesterday he told me that he wants to keep his pee inside; he also told me that he already took all of the pee out of his penis and put it in someone else's penis (?) We've tried talking to him about it, to see where the problem might originate, but I really think it is a control issue. Even bribes aren't working anymore, so I just make him sit there until he goes (and he always goes a LOT).
    The moodiness continues, too. He will be happily playing with a toy and then suddenly say he doesn't want it anymore. No apparent reason, but he'll cry like his whole day is ruined. He usually wakes up very happy, but lately even that has changed. I know it will be a challenging day when he wakes up cranky, even after a full night's sleep.
    This weekend, John, Ryan and I went to Rainbow Play Systems to check out a jungle gym for the backyard. They have an indoor playland, with about twenty full-sized playsets set up for people to try out. Ryan was in AWE. He didn't know where to start. He would climb up the steps or ladder quickly but then cry for us to bring him down. He was afraid of the height and the slides and the rock wall. John and I began talking, saying maybe he's just not ready for a playset yet (knowing full well that he was listening to us) and then he started going down the slides and climbing the rock wall on his own. Since then, he has not stopped talking about it. Someone from the company is going to come out this week to measure our yard and show us how a set would fit within the yard. Ryan keeps insisting that we don't need to wait for the 'mans' to come out and that he will build it himself with his Handy Manny tools. :)