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1yr olds discipline

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Hi Ladies,

My girls are 13 months and starting to become.... ahem... more vocal about their opinions and desires. I'm working on teaching them the sign for "please", so I'm hoping that will help, but I am starting to think about having a time out for things like biting (which has happened twice now) or tantrums. I know they're a little young and I plan to still use redirection etc. but since they are starting to understand cause and effect I think it's a good time to start.

So my question is: those of you who did time outs at this age, where did you put them? I would rather not use the cribs or high chairs, but I also don't have a lot of space for a PnP. There's no way they will sit by themselves in a chair unless they are strapped it.

Also, did you have two spots so they could both be in time out at the same time (like two PnPs)?

TIA :)

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  • kgs0505kgs0505 member
    I was going to suggest the pnp. That's where my ds spends his timeouts. We started around 14 mos old with him. He was doing things that were dangerous like hitting the tv. You definitely don't want to use anything they still need to use regularly because then it gets associated with punishment. I'm not sure about two places for timeouts. I haven't thought about that yet! Although I need to figure something else out for ds since we'll need the pnp soon for the twins.

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    We have a low bench in our entry that I can sit DD on without fear of falling. We started at 1 for things that were very bad. It took her a while to understand.
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  • hlsgarciahlsgarcia

    We started a version of timeouts when they were 14 months. I just put them in the corner. No special bench or step. We thought about putting one of the pnp's up, but have been too lazy to get it out of the garage. But sitting them down in the corner and telling them "we don't play with that" seems to work ok. Just remember they don't really understand at this point, it's really all about redirecting and getting them away from what they were doing. Most of the time they stand up right away and go on to something new. Sometimes they are insistent and then they get put back in the time out corner. Mine turn 18 months this Thursday and they are just starting to understand Mommy's not happy and are beginning to react a little differently then before, but it's not a huge change.

    I haven't had to deal with both in timeout at the same time yet. Guess I better start planning for that day!

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