At 17 months I never would have thought it would be appropriate to put a baby in time out. That is until Paislee came along. She bites and hits and pushes and pinches and then smiles and hugs and pats and kisses immediately after. She isn't learning her lesson! So I finally tried time-out.
It's actually been a positive thing for her. I have put her in time-out maybe 5-6 times. She gets it. When I tell her to go to Time Out, she walks over and puts herself in the chair (with a little boost from mom or dad). She cries a little, and those tears break my heart. But she gets the time away from whatever was upsetting her to relax a little and she starts out fresh when she gets to come out.
2 comments:
That was so Caleb! At about 18 months he started wacking other kids on the head and laughing. Nice. Time out works for him, too.
Time out is wonderful for the child and the parent... we all need the "time-out" to refocus ourselves.
I, too, am amazed at how early kids can understand this kind of stuff!
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