He's testing my sanity - again

Who could I be talking about but my darling Gus? Almost from the day he was born, Gus has taken me to new places. Before Gus, I had thought parenting at times could be extremely challenging, but I soon learned I hadn't seen anything yet when my youngest boy became colicky at four weeks old. For sometimes three or four hours a night, Gus would howl inconsolably.

After the colic cleared, we had a few months' respite ... until Gus became mobile. A walker at 10 months old, Gus quickly became a climber. We have had to purchase every child-proofing contraption imaginable - locks of every kind - door knob, Lazy Susan, oven. We never needed these devices before Hurricane Gus.

When Gus turned 2, it seemed that things were improving a bit. Toys and activities could hold his interest for longer periods of time. He was still climbing, but less. Just when I was breathing a tiny sigh of relief, Gus devised new ways of torturing me. Here's a sampling of his latest tricks. He pushes toys over to the computer desk to give himself a boost so he can climb up and do a little victory dance on top of our desk. He loves to "help" me cook, so I can't so much as go to the bathroom without hearing the squeak of a chair being pushed over to the counter.

Gus's pièce de résistance, however, has been his discovery of the joys of taking off his diaper. "Go potty!" he'll exclaim. Naturally, I've set him on the toilet many times, and of course he never goes. When I tell people this, they tell me it's great, that he's showing potty-training readiness. At the risk of sounding like a completely unmotivated parent, I don't feel like potty-training him right now. I just want him to keep his diaper on! He can get a onesie open in no time flat, and he's been taking off his diaper a good dozen or more times a day. The worst part is that he's especially prone to doffing his diaper when it's filled with poop. I finally hit my limit and after lots of Googling discovered the Little Keeper Sleeper, escape-proof baby pajamas. The two pairs I ordered arrived yesterday. Hallelujah! He will be wearing his LKSs every day under his clothes. Let's hope they work, otherwise the you-know-what might just hit the fan.