Bryson: Now with 100% More Opinions

In the past few days, Steve and I have noticed a marked increase in the number of opinions that Bry seems to be sharing with us:

• NO, he does not want to stop playing and go to bed.
• NO, he does not want to take a nap.
• NO, he does not want to sit in the bath.
• NO, he does not like green beans.
• NO, he does not want to have his diaper changed.
  
• YES, he does want to shred that piece of paper.
• YES, he does want to chew on your keys.
  
• YES, he does want to eat RIGHT NOW.
• YES, he does want to rifle through the trash.
• YES, he does want to swing on the open baby gate.
• YES, he does want to open and slam closed the cabinet door.
• NO, he does not care that he may pinch his fingers.
• YES, he does want to race after the cat.

And so on. Expression of his opinion is sometimes accented by high decibel shrieking. Despite our informing him that this is not endearing, he goes on to share his opinion that YES, he will do it anyways.

I can't wait until he's old enough to actually verbalize his opinions. Like when he comes home from kindergarten and announces that he wants to be a Republican. At least we don't have to switch up our response: also not endearing.