Oy. How do you handle a time out when your child will not face the wall, will not sit in the chair and only flails and tosses her body around when you attempt to get her to do so?
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We do time outs in his room for this reason. Out him in his room tell him time out Bc of x and shut the door for 2 minutes. He gets pissed but if we do them elsewhere he just tries to laugh and run away.
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I think of a timeout as a time out from parental attention, positive or otherwise. We do timeout in her room with the door closed and she can scream and roll around on the floor etc. For us, trying to elicit compliance when she is upset only turns into a power struggle and makes everyone more miserable.
We then do a "time in" after time out is over. I go in the room and sit with her, validate her feelings and then talk to her about why she was in timeout after she calms down.
Good luck-- tantrums are hard!
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Not fun, but you sit with them on your lap, holding them as if you were a straight jacket.
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We hold him there.
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We do time out in her bed for this reason.
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We do not allow her to leave. If she runs away then I put her back. If she continues to then we restart in her room with with the door close.
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If its really bad I do what I call "mommy jail"
I hold them in my lap - tightly - until they calm down. While holding them I tell them (thru the screaming) that I will let go once they calm down. Funny thing is both of my kids, once calm, don't want to get up - so we sit together and read a book afterwards.
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I didn't want to make the bedroom a place for negative associations, but when my son gets pissed off, he puts himself in timeout in his room in his bed. I followed his lead and put him in his room, on the floor. For some reason, even though he gets out of his room on a regular basis, he knows it's "different" when he is in timeout and he doesn't even attempt to break out.
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We just started doing Pack n play time outs since LOs room isn't baby (rage) proofed.
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Well my little guy isn't very old, but I just keep putting him back, over and over until he sits. Sometimes it takes 10 to 15 minutes to do a one-minute timeout, but I want him to know I'm serious. This was my default - it's interesting reading how other parents do it.
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We do time outs on the couch. They happen so frequently that she will pout and say "okay. I know. Time out." then climb on the couch.
Before she obeyed them, she'd tantrum. One of us would sit with her and set a timer. She gets one minute per age, so she gets 2 minutes right now. She knows if she gets up from her time out spot, we add two more minutes.
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