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2 years ago ::
Dec 31, 2010 - 4:56PM
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Hello, everyone! I'd like to see if anyone has an answer to how to discipline when this happens. The other day my son (2.5 years old) came home from day care, he didn't take a nap that day so he was just off the wall. Anyway, I went to get him in his coat and he wouldn't put it on, kept running away...so we went to time out. But, he wouldn't stay in timeout and can't stop laughing at me. 15 minutes until he would sit down, but that was only because he hit his head, and it seemed to knock some sense into him(no, I didn't do it:) ). It was very hard to stay calm. Please ADVISE!! :)
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2 years ago ::
Jan 01, 2011 - 12:37PM
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Do you have a playpen or the connectable gates? If so then you might want to make a timeout "pen" instead of just using a corner or whatnot. My sister had to do it with her twins for quite a while around that age, and I've had to do it with my 19 month old or she won't hold still long enough to understand she's in trouble. She laughs at me all the time when she's in trouble, I've learned to tell her that I'm not playing, it's not funny and then ignore it while I continue to dicipline her. Also one thing that worked when she wouldn't stay in time out (or where we're somwhere I can't pen her in) is to hold her in my lap and make her hold still for 1-2 minutes. It makes her really mad, but she usually listens better after that.
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2 years ago ::
Jan 05, 2011 - 1:01PM
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Yep, my 18 month old has started to do that too. You'll probably have to try and ignore the laughing. He's doing it because he knows it gets a reaction from you. If you have to, put him in his room, shut the door and ignore him for a while. (Though make sure there are no toys or anything in the room for him to play with. You don't want it looking like a reward...) But yes, I feel your pain! 
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