Trina

What did you do?? I would have taken the rocks away and immediately ended play time outside.

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1dayatatime

Lissa...I don't know if someone else has already said this or not but...maybe because he is with you so much and he has your full attention so often...maybe he's bored of you. That sounds awful. I know my boy gets crazy if we spend too much one on one time together. Oliver loves you the most no matter how he treats you.

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fallon

that's so true...Logan is such a good boy for his daddy but he pushes it with me and laughs when I tell him no

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jtee

Yes, each child does respond differently. Our daughter has more of a "Pleaser" type of personality, so timeout were effective. If a parent is getting into a battle of wills, tends continues to esclate as they get older.

Lissa

You could be right!

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Lissa

Well, we tried our first time out. He bit me so I put him on the naughty mat. He did much better than I thought he would. He had a face full of snot and tears but he made it to 50 seconds in the spot, after about 10 minutes of putting him back. Not to bad. I really expected this to be an all day battle. Hopefully it will work.

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Lissa

I told him that was not nice and to put the rocks back. You're right that should have ended playtime. I'm such a pushover.

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Kaytee

Good for you for giving him a time out. I do agree that when he through the rocks, you should have gave him a warning (unless it was a mean thing he was doing then no warning), then picked him up and took him inside.
If Nichole did it, I would have given her an immediate timeout because that could really hurt someone if she hit them good with it. It works great for her, as I rarely have to give timeouts. Some days its 3 a day, other time its just once a week kinda thing. (more once a week then anything)
but the others are right, if time outs are not comfortable with you, then you need to use a different method, like taking things away. You have to be comfortable with your form of discipline or it won't work no matter what you do

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HappyMomma

Good for you... it takes time. And don't get discouraged if you feel like you are making progress then he backslides, it happens sometimes. Just keep at it.

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