Possessed

Potty training has been stalled due to certain toddlers being in an incredibly foul mood this week.  Friday's potty introduction went surprisingly well with the exception of his penchant for peeing everywhere but the potty.  I expected him to outright refuse to sit his bare buns on the potty at all, dismantle the potty or wear it as a hat.  Instead, he dutifully sat on it for 10-15 seconds at a time (if you know Alex, you know that getting him to sit still for 5 seconds is quite a feat) several times throughout the afternoon, and as I mentioned before, even allowed a turd to occupy the potty bowl for a time. 

I gave him the weekend off from potty training, I don't want to overwhelm him as this is a completely new concept for him.  I fully intended to start again yesterday, but apparently my son's body has been possessed by a demon who hates waking up, eating, getting dressed, being carried, having his hand held, drinking juice and basically any other activity that doesn't involve being outside digging in and eating dirt.  I took him to the park yesterday, hoping it would put him in a better mood, but every time I touched him (to help him up to the slide, or help him up stairs, or take away a toy he stole from another kid...), his legs would turn into wet noodles and he'd fall to the ground screaming like a banshee.  It got so bad, after 20 minutes I took him home (kicking and screaming the entire way).  I put him down for a nap and later that afternoon took him to the back yard to play, but after an hour of playing in the dirt, I had to go in to start dinner, I took him inside and he threw another fit.  Aside from just ignoring these tantrums, I'm not sure what I can do about it.  Needless to say, I didn't even think about doing any potty-time with him yesterday, he probably would have bitten my arm off or something.

Today seems to be going better, he behaved himself at the gym day care, only threw a minor tantrum at the grocery store, and went down for his nap without a peep.  I put him down two hours earlier than I usually do, hoping that maybe the attitude is just being over-tired.  We'll see.