Bedtime Battle Update

Well I am happy to report things are a bit better so far with bedtime (we will see if i curse myself) After some googling and talking to friends we started the super nanny technigue of putting her right back in bed everytime she got out and not looking at or talking to her while we do it. The first night was AWFUL, same night as my previous post, it ended up taking 3 hours!!! till she went to sleep....last night it took less than an hour and today for her nap she really didn't put up a fight at all. The other change we made was put the cd player back in her room and put on the "Isabelle Lullaby music" that we got as a baby gift. It puts her name in a lot of the songs adn also has twinkle twinkle which is one of her favorites. It runs about 20-25 mins. Last night after it stopped she got out of bed, i put her back in and she asked for me to turn it on again, which I did. So I think she lieks the music...she is a big fan of "my songs" as she call it, any toddler music.

The new problem we ahve is now she wakes up too early and gets out of bed. This morning for the first time she was up at 5:30 and actually came all the way down into our bed..which she hasn't done before. DH put her in bed with us b/c he was too lazy to take her back to her bed...which he/I should have done and didn't oh well.

So my debate, do i get a toddler handle for her door so she can't get out or do i just deal with the life fact that she can get out of her bed and come downstairs on her own?

Also I am hoping that we have made some strides in teh potty deparment last couple days. She has been in underwear even at naps and kept them dry (one bonus of her potty stall before sleeping) We still have pooping issues, yesterday she pooped in her underwear.....which was so gross, i have gone to just throwing them away, they are not that expensive. But today she has tried two different times to poop on potty and actually sat there for quite a while trying, she didn't go but at least it is a step in teh right direction.

I am feeling much more postive and much less frustrated. Thank you to those that commented on my previous post. This too shall pass and before I know it she will be 16 and telling me she hates me !