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Time out question

michelle615michelle615 member
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I'm sure this has been posted before, sorry for the repeat.  I'm thinking of introducing timeouts for DS in a few circumstances.  He's 17 months old and one of his new favorites is to walk and jump on the couch.  I fear he will get hurt if he falls off before we can get him off the couch (he did roll off the couch last night, although no harm came that time) and our no's and redirections seem to intrigue him to do it again and again.  No seemed to be somewhat effective until recently.  Now it seems that he likes to get the reaction out of us so he repeats the behavior.  Even when we calmly say no and redirect, he doesn't always want to listen. 

For those of you that give time outs, where do you put LO?  I don't know if I want to put him in his crib unless we stay in the room with him.  His play yard is packed away.  We could pull it out since that would be a safe place to put him where he couldn't roam free during the time out.  But if we put him in a chair, or have him sit somewhere, I'm not sure how to encourage him to stay put for the minute we would probably put him in time out for.  What has worked for others? 

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Re: Time out question

  • aboynamedbarryaboynamedbarry member
    Until just a week ago, I would put my DD in her high chair and face the wall. She's 21 months now... but even just a few months ago there was no way I would get her to stay in one place if she wasn't held there. She gets it now a lot better and I can tell her to stay in a particular spot for time out
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  • janinekrausejaninekrause member

    When we first started doing it-around that age, we would put her on the couch and stand right outside the room. For the first week or so, she would get up and we would keep putting her back there. It took a while but she finally learned to stay put during time out.  It actually has been super effective with her but make sure you stick it out.

    I have been told crib is a bad idea from numerous people - you don't want to associate anything negative with sleeping :)

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  • meglette417meglette417 member
    He is jumping on the couch correct?  DS does the froggy, he loves to jump so we do timeouts. He usually goes back and tries again so we just need to be consistant.  I know some people don't feel TO's work at this age but I feel they do and have for our son.  Our pedi recommends it as well and he is getting to the point where when we say do you want to go in TO he stops the behavior he shouldn't be doing.  For us we do the bottom of the stairs or even a chair.  We don't look at him and he gets upset, once the minute is up we explain to him what he did wrong.

    We do try redirection as well but for us he is extremely persistent so he always goes right back to what he was doing.
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  • michelle615michelle615 member

     

    Nicb13 said:

    What's wrong with getting on the couch? I understand that he likes to get a reaction out of you so he keeps doing it but don't most young toddlers? I let DS explore and climb but I keep a close eye on him. IMO, I don't think something like this is a reason for time out when trying to climb on a couch is so normal for a toddler to do. You can't say no to everything they want to do.

     

    We don't say no to everything he does. He's allowed to sit on the couch.  He's not allowed to stand and jump and walk on the couch.  And yes toddlers do things to get a reaction out of you.  I'm just curious if others have had success with time outs and how they've had success.

     

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  • janinekrausejaninekrause member
    Michelle-

    It has been a huge success for us even at a young age. She totally got it and similar to pp, the threat of a time out would be enough.

    We had similar issues with couch- she is not allowed to stand on the couch. I can't be next to her every second and it wasn't safe.
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  • zbeesma86zbeesma86 member
    our 'timeout' is the PNP for 15-30 seconds.

    She knows what it is because usually she will redirect herself if I say 'please stop' and she doesn't I'll say, 'do you want to go in time out?' she usually moves a long. or it's a crazy coincidence. ;) haha
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