My nemesis- potty training.

I hate this topic. My child is smart. She knows her alphabet, she speaks in full sentences, she can count to thirteen... twenty with a little help.

But she can't use the potty.

Correction: She WON'T use the potty. Instead, she opts for the "hold it in until nap-time (or bedtime) when Mommy or Daddy puts a pull-up on me" method. No joke. This child doesn't have accidents, she doesn't pee on the floor or in her pants. Nope, she knows not to do that. "I don't want to pee in my panties". She's got it down.

So what are our options? Tonight was the first time in weeks, I think, that she was actually having trouble holding it in. At about 6pm she asked for a pull-up, which usually comes out between 6 and 630 for bedtime. When we said no, she got really upset. She said she was hurting and she had to pee, but she refused to pee in the potty. After a solid 20 minutes of trying to have her pee on the potty, she lost control and peed, partially in her underwear, partially on me as I put her on the potty, and the rest in the potty.

We praised and brought out the stickers, but when bed time came, and we put the (expletive) pull-up on, she emptied her bladder in it immediately.

I'm afraid we're going to have to throw the pull-ups out altogether and nighttime train at the same time as we daytime train.

And I don't wanna!