a panty showdown.

i knew it would come. after almost 2 weeks of wearing panties without too much resistance, it hit, the showdown. why? well, we only had 2 pair of panties that "fit." i put parenthesees around fit, because, to ellie, "fit" is VERY relative. so yesterday i bought her 4 new pairs of panties that "fit." i brought them home and she tried them on and said, "yeah mom, i like them!" "too easy", my brain told me, but i told myself to be more positve and move on. this morning i said "ok, time to get dressed." now there's a battle cry for our house! ellie screamed "noooooooo. i don't want too!" i calmly told her that yes, it was time to get dressed and that i wanted her to wear one of her new panties. seriously, you would think by her crying, screaming, falling on the floor reaction, that i had told her she was going to have to eat vegetables for the rest of her life! after a few more calm statements, i finally decided that she needed a bit more incentive, and i put her outside. with the panties. i told her she could come in when the panties were on and she was happy. how long do you think it took? 10, 15, 20 minutes? how about 45! she sat on the porch and alternated between screaming and crying for about 25 minutes, and then she just sat there for awhile. finally, she calmly put on the panties, found a catapillar and knocked on the door. "why hello!" i said, "would you like to come in?" ellie showed me the catapillar and then showed me her panties and said, "i'm ready to be nice mommy." it was all quite civilized considering she had just been screaming! she cracks me up! she HATES to give in. but she finally did! score one for mommy today. i know it won't be the last showdown over the panties. i actually spoke to a lady a few days ago who had a daughter who still hates panties and she's 10! but i'm ready, mommy can be strong willed too!