Overheard Conversation

Last night my daughter, Peanut, had a horrible time sleeping. ASD kids often do. It's just a part of their M.O. We helped her the best we could last night with a bad dream (as we're assuming it was, she wasn't able to actually communicate why she was so upset and crying hysterically). B.J. and I took turns trying to soothe her and comfort her, eventually winding up with her sleeping on a palette on the floor in our bedroom (hoping to sleep a smidgen ourselves). This is one conversation I overheard:

B.J.: "Honey, do you have to go pee-pee?"

Peanut: "Yea..."

B. "O.k., let's go pee-pee."

P: "NO!!!!"

B: "Do you have to go?"

P: "Noooo. I don't wanna go."

Lee: "B. Just go pick her up and take her pee. She just doesn't want to actually get up. Whenever she says 'Yes,' then immediately tells you 'No' it means she really has to go and doesn't want to get up--it's a part of O.D.D."

B. walks over to P. and gently scoops her up and says "OK. Here we go."

P: "I DON'T wanna go pee." (begins to weakly do a boo-hoo)

B: "Oh, for goodness sake! It's just a toilet!"

(I'm trying not to laugh out loud at this point, because B.J. has been so sweet, patient, and gentle while Peanut has been gruff, rude, and pretty belligerent in her tone of voice and body language).

P: (sheer volume of noise as though the Colorado river had been unleashed in the small, white, porcelain bowl.)