https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 20:45:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-time-outs#post-388262 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:07:49 +0000 SAHM0811 388262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: Yeah 2's were okay for us, but the 3's were way worse! I remember thinking, what happened to my little angel? I had heard that saying before, but finally really understood it. It was tough, but she got a lot better closer to 4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-time-outs#post-388257 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:00:12 +0000 Mrs. Bee 388257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NYCaliMama: were the 3's worse than the 2's? that's what i'm afraid of because the 2's weren't that bad, and my friends with kids that weren't bad at 2 were bad at 3! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-time-outs#post-388249 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:44:52 +0000 HLK208 388249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. It's the only thing he responds to! He's 3.5 and goes in 1-2 per week. Well, depending on the week. Sometimes it's once a day :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-time-outs#post-388242 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:33:47 +0000 SAHM0811 388242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hardly anymore now that she's 4.5 yo. She's pretty well-behaved these days, phew! I do save time outs for pretty serious stuff, but that's rare. Used them much more last year when she was 3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-time-outs#post-388241 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:31:06 +0000 brownie 388241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been using timeouts since 12 months old. Typically it was sit him down, walk away and return. We only use them for big stuff. But they Are very effective when we are out. We also put his toys in timeout if he can't play with them correctly (ie not throwing them).</p> <p>One time we were leaving a restaurant and he as playing by the fountain. He didn't want to leave we did a count down (he's starting to count to 3) and when dad went to get him he smiled and ran the other way. That was a timeout. Everytime dad asked if he was ready to leave the answer was no and more timeout. He did eventually decide he was ready to leave and we went home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-time-outs#post-388236 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:26:44 +0000 808love 388236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes we did around fourteen months, just a few times for a few days. It worked and we just had no need after that. Then again twice at 20 months. Then tonight at nearly 22 mos I asked her to do something or go to timeout and she went to timeout on her own. First time. She wasn't upset, just a little withdrawn. I hope she continues to do well with this form of discipline. I can't bear to do any other type. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-time-outs#post-387063 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:29:57 +0000 Boogs 387063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 18 months and we have tried it a couple of times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-time-outs#post-386917 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:56:02 +0000 MamaBehr 386917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use time outs for my 2 and half year old and they are pretty effective. We recently started the one-two-three and then time out. It took two times and now she makes the right decision by the time I get to two. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-time-outs#post-386899 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:52:20 +0000 mrstilly 386899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 19 months old now. We have been using time outs for the last few months for hitting, biting, etc. We tell him no once while naming the behavior (no hitting!) and then if he does it again we put him in time out. Lately I have been giving him a second warning that he will go in time out if he does it again, since he seems to get the concept more now. Usually a warning will do it. A time out for us is just setting him on the floor near us but without us giving him attention. It lasts for about a minute. We only go longer if he is still mad and pulls away or hits at us when we go to get him up. It works well at home and in public. Once I get him up I tell him why he was in time out and have him give me a hug. So far it has been pretty effective. He is just so stubborn and active and independent and he went through a really bad hitting and biting phase through the summer and I just didn't know what else to do. I will continue to use time outs as long as they are effective. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-time-outs#post-386885 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:46:22 +0000 banana 386885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only once or twice. But he didn't really get the concept of it so I don't think it worked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-time-outs#post-386883 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:44:38 +0000 Honeybee 386883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started time outs with DD when she was about 20/21 months, and they seem pretty effective. We haven't had to use timeouts much lately (she's currently 29 months), but we're not opposed to using them when needed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-time-outs#post-386877 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:43:08 +0000 Mrs. Bee 386877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We haven't used time outs for a long time now. I think Charlie was pretty well behaved the second half of year 2. But we have been rethinking our discipline strategies as Charlie enters his 3's - he's had a couple of really naughty weeks lately!</p> <p>Do you use time outs? Are they effective? How old is your LO? </p>