I Don't Know What to Do

Last night I felt this sentence sums up a good portion of my parenting experience. Right now it applies to potty training and nighttime sleep. What do I do with a child who will sit on the potty for 20 minutes and read books and produce nothing only to go in her diaper shortly afterward? Wait until she's older, I guess. What do I do with a child, less than 2, who goes to bed at 8 or 8:30 and proceeds to sing for 1-2 hours every night? Last night it was after 10:30 before she finally went to sleep--and she was thumping around in her bed before 7 this morning. I can't, in good conscience, put a 1-year-old to bed any later. And she seems far too young to give up her nap. We tried an earlier and shorter nap today. It's bedtime now, so we'll have to see how long we're serenaded tonight.