Ive just started doing time outs with ds who is 18 months, I have been sitting him on the step for a couple of months now but this doesnt seem to work.
I now have a travel cot up in his room, and if he is pushing it and I feel like Im loosing my cool then I will put him up there for a couple of minutes.
What sort of things do you guys do time outs for?
My son is good at screaming tantrums, on the way home from town he screamed at the top of his voice all the way home in the car, so I said if he didnt stop screaming he would go in the cot when home. So he ended up in the cot and then stopped the tantrum once he came down for a cuddle. Where as if I hadnt have done that, then the tantrum could have gone on for a while.
Is the recommendations still to ignore tantrums and carry on around them? I just cant do that, after a minute of the noise etc. I just want to scream myself - so I find putting him up in the travel cot also gives me time out!
Also, my son also needs a cuddle and dummy to calm down after his tantrum - I dont see this as a problem really as I think he has had a hard time expressing his anger, dealt with it, but then needs some calming down time. Does anyone else's lo have to do this?