Part II
Topic: Ryan
I forgot to mention another thing Ryan says a lot, which is, "ha," the first part of the word, "hot." If we say "hot," he'll say, "ha." He also says it if he sees us drinking something out of a mug. And how can I forget one of Ryan's favorite things to say? "No." He mostly makes the sound of the word, rather than meaning it. Although, sometimes it would seem that "no" means "no."
So I suppose Ryan says a lot more than I gave him credit for.
On the crib-climb front, Larry arranged it so we can have a baby gate at the foot of the stairs (the stairs in old Victorian style homes just weren't made for accommodating baby gates), and one in Ryan's door. We would have liked to have had the one upstairs set up so that Ryan could come into our room if he wanted, but the way the house is, that just isn't possible. It may be that Ryan won't climb out of his crib for a while or ever, but we did need baby gates anyway. It's nice to not have to worry about him getting halfway up the stairs before I can catch him. I do plan on letting Ryan get plenty of practice going up and (especially) down the stairs, but now I get to pick and choose when! Let me add that the cats are not at all happy about the gates. Our cats are lazy even for cats, and although they are perfectly capable of jumping the gate, they prefer to meow plaintively on whatever side of the gate they're on at the time.