I know that you have all heard of the terrible two's right?
Well what about when they turn three?
Since the day Baby Bear turned three I have noticed a few little changes in her attitude. Nothing serious, or concerning, but there is definitely a difference. It's like she suddenly forgot how to listen when you tell her to do something and she likes to have a little attitude when you draw her attention to it. I hate yelling at her and spanking her makes me feel awful, even if it isn't hard.
So over the last few days we have tried a new method of punishment. He funny thing is that it is seriously the nicest form of punishment that I can think of, but I seems to be the one that is working the best. Want to know what we are doing? Its simple! When she behaves poorly, we put her in time out. Instead of yelling at her, or spanking her, we just remove her from the situation and make her sit quietly on her bed until we tell her she can get up.
She seriously HATES it, but it seems to work. So I say we will continue to do it.
What works with your kids?
Well what about when they turn three?
Since the day Baby Bear turned three I have noticed a few little changes in her attitude. Nothing serious, or concerning, but there is definitely a difference. It's like she suddenly forgot how to listen when you tell her to do something and she likes to have a little attitude when you draw her attention to it. I hate yelling at her and spanking her makes me feel awful, even if it isn't hard.
So over the last few days we have tried a new method of punishment. He funny thing is that it is seriously the nicest form of punishment that I can think of, but I seems to be the one that is working the best. Want to know what we are doing? Its simple! When she behaves poorly, we put her in time out. Instead of yelling at her, or spanking her, we just remove her from the situation and make her sit quietly on her bed until we tell her she can get up.
She seriously HATES it, but it seems to work. So I say we will continue to do it.
What works with your kids?
We gentle discipline so we stay away from yelling and spanking. Emily is on the 3 warnings and your out rule, the first time she gets a talking too about why she shouldn't do it, the second time she gets another talking too and we tell her one more time and she is out, the third time she gets a talking top and a two minute time out in a spot that has no toys, TV, etc. and at the end of that two minutes we ask her if she is ready to apologize. It's worked amazingly so far
ReplyDeleteThe terrible two's are well terrible LOL some days I want to pull my hair out, and it seems the closer to 3 she gets the worse she gets.
Love all of your posts <3
I work at a preschool and am obviously not allowed to smack, so I use a similar method to discipline the children there. I was surprise by how well it works, especially when thy think they're missing out on something really fun while they're in time out. :)
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