Is my 21 month outdated too young at heart for time outs?
Actually, I do matching thing to my niece when I babysit her, and she is only 18 months. If she hits or bites on purpose I say-so no and put her on a chair and sit in front of the chair so she wont trickle. I make her stay there for a minute and a half, because to be precise how old she is. Then I tell her good livelihood for staying still and let her go. I think it is a perfect idea, because it is not mean or cruel, it doesn't hurt the baby. And it teach them early in life that when you are discouraging, it will have consequences.
its other good to give them time out if they get vastly annoying they due this at daycare's my child was put in a daycare when she was solely 12months old and they use it atlot its no problem it helps them to cooperate with you as the parent.
I don't think it is to early for time outs. At that age instead of time outs we called it the "cool down corner". She simply had to sit there until she could calm down later we would talk about what she had done.
My son is about the same age and he have been getting time outs for about a month or so. I don't really call it a time out. I a short time ago sit him in a corner and tell him that he needs to stay nearby until he has calmed down. He will usually cry and I tell him that when he is done crying he can get up. After a minute or so he will stop crying and consequently I explain to him why he was there. And he will be fine. He has just had time-out maybe 4-5 times. It works for him and we only enjoy had to do it when he was really acting up. Which isn't too often. I judge if did it too much, then it wouldn't work as well. Try to use it only when really needed. And try to not repay attention to him. When my son is throwing a fit and is just whining or crying, I ignore it. I say to him that I am not going to listen to him until he is done, and after I just ignore him.
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