Cthru

oh you are bringing back such bad memories.. that could totally have been my post when my son was that age. He's still a handfull, but at 3 at least we're at the point where we can reason and counting 1, 2, 3 does the trick most of the time.

My suggestion my not fly well with AP parents.. but I suggest buying a gate. Put it in an area where if you put him behind it he can't get into any trouble (with us it was his room). Everytime you get to 3.. he goes behind the gate for a few minutes. It sucks big time, the crying will get to you so bad... but within a week i bet you see improvement and won't have to make it to 3.

ETA - I failed to mention the gate needs to be a tall non-scaleable gate. If yours is anything like mine most gates are nothing but a speed bump *lol* I have one I can recommend if you want to go that route.