Baby Boy just turned two on November and has started to blatantly not listen at times. He gets spanked when he doesn't listen sometimes but he doesn't seem to really understand and instead just swats back at us. I really don't want to be in a slap war with a toddler. So this past week, we have started implementing the Time Out Chair. My reasoning was that if he is old enough to choose to not listen, then he is old enough to understand the concept behind the Time Out Chair.
He. Loves. It.
Time Out Chair is the best new game ever.
It usually begins by him stealing something from his sister or whacking her in the head. I will ask if he wants to be in time out. His response is to say "Noooooo" while giggling. Then he does whatever he is doing AGAIN and looks up at me expectantly.
When I say it's time to go to the Time Out Chair - he laughs, jumps up, and starts running around screaming "Mama, get me! Mama get me!"
When I catch him -the whole time trying desperately to keep a straight face- he wiggles and laughs uncontrollably while I set him in the chair. He will scoot a little further off it and wait for me to notice and then yell "Play!" at the top of his lungs. When I tell him no, he just laughs more.
To end Time Out, I always tell him he has to go hug sister and say sorry. Every single time, the first time down he always pretends he is going to do it and then veers off at the last minute - dashing off to hide in a corner while yelling for me to come get him. I have to haul him back - insert more giggling - and then he does finally apologize.
So I guess it is sort of successful. He does eventually apologize and behave. Hopefully he doesnt start slapping Baby Girl just to get me to "play" time out though. Further proof that nothing you expect when parenting actually works out that way.
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