How do you discipline your cat?

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Cats like children often need a bit of discipline. How do you discipline your cat when it misbehaves? I've read all the sites and apparently water bottles and time outs are what you're supossed to do. I've used both methods, when she gets into something she's not supposed to more than once then I use the water bottle. When she does something like bite she gets a time out in her carrier until she calms down. Lately though, at night she seems to be acting up. Usually around 10 pm she goes to bed, which consists of getting treats, going into her carrier and she sleeps there for the night. I got her used to this routine when I got her (6 weeks) and she's 4 years old now. I did it because if I would leave her out at night she wouldn't sleep, she'd run around bumping stuff onto herself or meowing at the doors and be all cranky the next day. When I'd put her in her carrier, she'd sleep, and the next day be a sweetheart. She's so used to it that if 5 minutes pass 10 and you haven't put her treats into her carrier, she'll sit in your lap and tap you nonstop until you get up and do it so she can go to bed. Sometimes she'll want to go a little earlier. Which has been the case this week, she's been wanting to go to bed early so I put her to bed but then late at night, if I'm up she'll want out acting like she has to go to the potty. She'll get out act like she's going to the potty box and run or she'll go to drink water and if you look at her act like she needs just one more sip. This will go on and on and she'll refuse to go to bed. But if I leave her out, the second everyone is in bed, she'll sit at the bottom of the stairs and cry until you have to go get her, bring her to her carrier and then she's fine. It's driving me nuts! I have no idea what to do to get her to stop and why it's only this week that she's doing it? Any suggestions?