[marthavmommy]

Jamie just turned three. We kept her in the crib until just a few months ago, but she didn't figure out how to open the door until recently. She used to go to bed so well! Every night at 7pm when she was an infant (from 6 months old and on!) and then we changed the bedtime to 8pm about a year ago.

Now every night she comes out and says she has to go potty. For a while she would sneak out and sit at the top of the stairs and now DH stays up there watching the door and fighting the battle every night. I told him tonight I wasn't comfortable with the yelling he was doing and the crying and screaming. That I need to tagteam and do it too, and we need to think about not yelling.

Reading your posts confirmed my intuition...Thanks everyone! We will try tomorrow night, hopefully we can get back to a peaceful bedtime.

But what about that manipulative move of saying they have to potty!?