how do you discipline your LO?....

shabamwam · February 2013

and keep a straight face? I am having such a hard time b/c DS is so damn cute, and he knows it!

i've tried to implement a 'time out' where I just hold him in a corner for like 15 seconds. It does nothing....

sedl1lau · February 2013

I swat DS's hand when the purposely drops food on the floor, and he usually laughs and does it again...

mbgreenwalt · February 2013

I redirect. If she is hitting DD1 or one of the animals I tell her "gentle" or "nice" and move her from the situation. I don't feel that time outs work until they are over 2 and have verbal understanding.

JamiesWife2010 · February 2013

I do the "mommy says no, we don't .blank" and redirect.
I have tried popping his hand recently for playing in the dog water for the 36785442th time in a day. It didn't phase him at all. So i guess I'm sticking with redirecting.

gracefulruby33 · February 2013

Redirect, redirect, redirect. I say no, but I try to follow up with a short reason why what she did wasn't good. I try not to say no all.the.time. though. I have never swatted her. They just don't understand that right now. If it is hard for me to keep a straight face, I just quickly redirect and look away.

mcvgal · February 2013

Redirect and say no. i have to redirect because sometimes i want to laugh when I say "no", and I know that he will just want to do whatever he was doing again

authorofdreamz · February 2013

For most things we just redirect. For tantrums we try to ignore her until she calms down. And we do timeouts for hitting/scratching because it was getting really out of control.

We don't really say "No." because she just laughs and does it again and I have tried swatting her hand but she also just laughs so that is why we went to timeouts, it has been pretty effective and now 90% of the time all we have to say is "Do you wanna go in your crib?" and she wont do it again.

Tink112011 · March 2013

We pick our battles and have a handful of absolute "no-nos". Anything dangerous, being mean to the cats, or throwing food are the most common ones. If he does any of those, I honestly "yell" at him or say "No, that is not OK. You must be gentle to the kitties". The tone of my voice gets to him more than the words do. He doesn't like making me upset, so it stops him in his tracks.

Any lesser attempts, such as asking or politely telling him to stop, don't work at all. Redirecting usually causes a small tantrum when I remove the object or relocate him.

lkm2006 · March 2013

I would honestly be saying no all day long so I have learned to pick my battles.

The biggest thing is the dogs water. He wants to either put the kibbles in the water or his pacis in there and it's disgusting and makes a big mess. I have popped his hands a few times but I usually have to physically remove him. He knows without a doubt he isn't supposed to, but he just doesn't seem phased by anything.

It might not be the best method, but he's recently learned the word bad so I'm trying to give him certain actions and associate it with being bad. When I tell him it's bad, he actually [sometimes] moves on and repeats bad back to me.

Jenny952 · March 2013

We try to redirect and give a firm NO. However, sometimes I give a stern NO and she laughs at me, like when she's pulling on a cord or about to touch the fireplace. I have to hold her hand kind of hard and then move on to something else. It's frustrating but I just keep trying to be consistent.

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