Elaine
05-07-2009, 01:13 PM
We had our first time-out today...
My DH bought me a new laptop for Mother's Day and it's got a little red knobby thing in the centre of the keyboard that you can use in place of a mouse. Ben is obsessed with it. Twice he came to me with the knobby thing in his hand saying "Uh oh!" so the third time, after being told each time not to touch it, he went into time-out.
It took a few tries to get him to stay on the little stool but he did stay there until the buzzer went off. He cried the whole time but he stayed sitting on the stool. It was funny because all he had to do was stand up and walk away but he didn't. :P Poor little guy...
I have no idea if these will work and from now on I'll close my laptop completely (not just lock it so he can't open any programs etc.) so the temptation isn't there. I'm sure there will be lots of other things that will tempt him but at least I know he'll sit in time-out until I tell him he can get up.
My DH bought me a new laptop for Mother's Day and it's got a little red knobby thing in the centre of the keyboard that you can use in place of a mouse. Ben is obsessed with it. Twice he came to me with the knobby thing in his hand saying "Uh oh!" so the third time, after being told each time not to touch it, he went into time-out.
It took a few tries to get him to stay on the little stool but he did stay there until the buzzer went off. He cried the whole time but he stayed sitting on the stool. It was funny because all he had to do was stand up and walk away but he didn't. :P Poor little guy...
I have no idea if these will work and from now on I'll close my laptop completely (not just lock it so he can't open any programs etc.) so the temptation isn't there. I'm sure there will be lots of other things that will tempt him but at least I know he'll sit in time-out until I tell him he can get up.