https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:11:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-time-out-spot#post-1014812 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 23:35:58 +0000 lamariniere 1014812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS either sits next to the dresser in his room facing the wall or in the entry hallway facing the wall. He doesn't have any toys or distractions in his room. </p> <p>He caught on to time outs pretty quickly and will stay where we put him. He even goes (crying) by himself when he has been naughty and we tell him it is time for a time out. </p> <p>@locavore_mama: we started around 15 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-time-out-spot#post-1014207 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:25:13 +0000 brownie 1014207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: We started at around 15 months old. For about a minute or so. Or if it is something really bad, enough time for mommy and daddy to calm down so we can deal with it. Then we explain and we ask for a sorry and a hug. </p> <p>We spend a lot of time ignoring. So if he talks we ignore him. Then also, if he gets up we put him back and say time out the first time. After that no talk to look just put him back. Very supernanny ish </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-time-out-spot#post-1014204 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:23:19 +0000 heffalump 1014204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: my lo would probably laugh at me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-time-out-spot#post-1014174 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:06:01 +0000 Rubies 1014174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: I tell her, "Shh, no talking" with a stern look on my face. Usually she gets sad/scared. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-time-out-spot#post-1014002 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:41:19 +0000 heffalump 1014002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: what do you do if she does speak?</p> <p>@locavore_mama: she just turned 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-time-out-spot#post-1013898 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:01:05 +0000 MamaG 1013898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: just under two. Timeouts are 1.5 - 2 minutes long </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-time-out-spot#post-1013784 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:25:26 +0000 regberadaisy 1013784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old are your LOs when you started time outs? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-time-out-spot#post-1013780 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:22:08 +0000 brownie 1013780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any place that he can sit down. So he have used by the front door (a favorite), by the TV (on the side so he can't see it), his room (oh he hates his room but he doesn't sleep there so I see no harm). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-time-out-spot#post-1013694 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:57:56 +0000 twinmama 1013694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is currently our foyer/entry. There's not much there so we just sit lo on the floor in the corner. It's really more of a 'cool down from your unwarranted tantrum' spot than 'time out' so far though. They will stay put with a few reminders. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-time-out-spot#post-1013687 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:55:16 +0000 MamaG 1013687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly she got it right away. I do sit in the same room as her and she usually stares me down through her sobs. Her most recent spot was in the hall. She laid down and had a conversation with the ceiling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-time-out-spot#post-1013645 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:45:21 +0000 Lozza 1013645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For us it's anywhere- LO understands that if he moves, we move him back and more or less restart the clock on the timeout (we don't have an actual clock and we don't actually time it, but he understands that if he keeps moving, he will be in time out indefinitely whereas if he stays put for a minute or two, then we'll discuss the problem behavior and he can leave time out).<br /> To get him there, we just had a couple time outs where he'd move, and we'd move him right back and explain that he would be in time out until he could do it without moving around. A couple times it took quite a while, and eventually he got sick of it and just wanted to be done with time out so he sat still. If he moves, I'll move him back and then return to doing whatever I was doing- I don't sit with him (LO loves attention more than anything in the world, so sitting with him in time out doesn't quite do the job!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-time-out-spot#post-1013607 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:36:10 +0000 Rubies 1013607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At home, it's anywhere, but she faces the wall with nothing around her to distract. She doesn't understand the "don't move" part so I literally sit with her in time out and make sure she doesn't speak or move. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-time-out-spot#post-1013598 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:33:10 +0000 heffalump 1013598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: How long did it take for her to get the "don't move in time out" concept? My LO isn't there yet.... but it's new to us both. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-time-out-spot#post-1013585 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:28:37 +0000 MamaG 1013585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tend to put LO in doorways. Like the doorway to our room or her room. She can't reach anything fun. We also have a little entryway to our bathroom, that's a favorite spot to use as well (we close the bathroom door and she's in a little nook between our family room and bathroom). </p> <p>I'm not sure these help as we don't have a dog. We just put her somewhere that nothing is within arms reach. She's fairly obedient to the "don't move during time out" concept. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-time-out-spot#post-1013565 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:24:09 +0000 heffalump 1013565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just started time outs today. LO thinks it's super funny to hit and kick our dog, which obviously is not ok. She wasn't responding to me explaining to her why it's not ok, so I am going to try time outs. </p> <p>Problem is the most convenient time out place for us isn't working. The dog has access and gets up in our face (she's still a puppy and needs her own discipline still) so I'm trying to keep the dog away, keep LO in time out, and LO even hit her once while she was in time out. So I need to put her in a room where I can shut the door and leave the dog out. </p>