Time Out for a Toddler (2 years old)?

yes time out works great, you can use a time out mat/chair/corner anything you like as long as it is used only for the purpose of time out.

make sure the child faces the room- not towards the wall

and when she comes out of time out tell her what she did wrong and ask her to say sorry. follow this with a cuddle and say thank you to her for saying she is sorry

The way I do time outs is like this (Mine is close to three now and we've done it like this since she was 1 1/2 years) -

She has to sit on the stairs (any place will do, just designate somewhere as your time out spot. I picked the stairs because there is nothing to do there and it's a central location meaning I can see her but still out of the way) and I set the timer for a minute or two. I have a plain kitchen timer for this purpose. I ignore her the whole time she is sitting in time out. Once it's over then I tell her she can get up, we usually discuss what she did wrong, and that's that.

The whole purpose of time outs is to get the kid to calm down. I'm really not big into having a long conversation about what she did wrong and all that after it's over because she knows she has been punished and if she repeats the undesirable behavior she'll be punished again. Plus she is a little upset still from the time out and it's often not the right time to have a big talk. I prefer to use praise as behavior modification (praise good behavior) and use time outs as a means of getting her to calm down or immediately stop a behavior. Praising good behavior is far more effective than punishing bad behavior.

A child should sit in a time out 1 minute for ever year old. So 2 minutes in your daughter's case. You will probably have to work up to the two minutes, so 20 seconds is probably a good starting point. Make sure you don't let her out if she is crying or whining. After the time out explain to her what she did wrong. Then give a hug and tell her you love her.

I do not give my son time outs yet, but I do explain what he does wrong. He is already pretty well behaved, and I hope he stays that way (yeah right).

My sister and my pal the two moved their little ones to toddler beds at 18 months, and it wasn't a situation. My son is two a million/2 and nonetheless in his crib simply by fact he's no longer asking for a great mattress and hasn't climbed out. So it quite relies upon, yet i think of two is old sufficient observing the toddler. are you able to preserve the crib in the room and attempt out the toddler mattress till you comprehend that she's comfortable with the transition?

i'm going through the terrible two's with my son right now too so i feel you.

Time out HAS worked for me....but mainly when his dad does it. We're not together so when me & my son are at home, I try to put him in time-out and he DOES sit there but he screams for a bit.

What I started doing is teaching my son to say Sorry. So when he gets mad, I act all sad and tell him to say Sorry to me...he usually says it and gives me a hug ... then, before he tries to start up again, I quickly change the subject .... I turn a chore into something fun. I'll say: "You wanna clean up your toys? Oh this is gonna be so much fun!" I totally exaggerate things just to get him excited/happy.

Try to find a chair that faces a chair or a wall to have her sit in for time out. Only have her sit for one minute for every year of age. You can set a timer. Make sure that you make your expectations clear to her. Tell her in what you want her to do not in the don't do's. I used time outs with all of mine, you may have to try different approaches, but time outs work well. Just make sure that you talk to her. Also, as she gets older, you may have to make her stay in time out. Be consistent, it will pay off. I am mother of three boys.

A minute for every age. When you put her in time out, weather it be a corner, a chair, play pen, etc. Once she has fully calmed down, and has stayed calm for two minutes, talk to her and then let her out.

My advice is: it does not work on every child.

So don't start tearing your hair out if it does not work on yours.

The only thing that works on mine is taking his fave toy away.