THATS IT

mckayleesmom wrote: From now on...Im just sending her to her room...She might spend half the day there...but I am SO SICK of her little sarcastic behind. TIME outs are now over...its room time. IM TAKING PARENTING BACK...shes not getting away with anything anymore...NOPE.....She thinks shes soooo hillarious when she does something bad and sits and laughs at me while shes in time out....well now she can LAUGH AT ME FROM HER ROOM.

OK>..I think Im losing it...but I feel better

She just went in the kitchen (the kitchen I keep telling her shes not allowed in) and got cool aide packets and poured them on my beigh glide rocker.

ammommy replied: Hey, have she and Alec been sharing tips? His little mouth and attitude are driving me nuts
Now Megan is starting up with the 'tude, too. ARGH!!!!!

kit_kats_mom replied: can you gate off the kitchen? I only have to threaten to do it & she stops being defiant. For some reason, she just hates it when that gate is up. LOL

mckayleesmom replied: I think they are twins.....Mckaylee is sooo mouthy and sarcastic its not even funny. I have to nip this before Russell starts in also and they gang up on me.

mckayleesmom replied: MOMMY BOOT CAMP IS NOW IN SESSION

mckayleesmom replied: no...she would just climb over it

A&A'smommy replied: OMG well you gotta do what works for her. I hope it works!! Glad you feel better lol it helps to vent!!

ETA lol about the gate have you seen those ones that are taller than they are? I almost bought one to keep alyssa off the stairs but she got in trouble enough that she doesn't really play on them anymore...

MommyToAshley replied: LOL!

She sound like she keeps you hopin'

I hope sending her to her room works for you.

mckayleesmom replied: she hates going to her room,,,so hopefully she will shapen up or she will be in there alot.

Josie83 replied: She sounds like an energetic little thing! I hope her getting sent to her rom does something for your sanity. Let us know how it goes!! xx

Jamielou replied: I hope the room works for you

moped replied: You are hilarious Brianne!!!!

If you are serious about the room - can i tell you something?

mckayleesmom replied: of course....

moped replied: I don't have a toddler that age yet, but I have heard that you should never use the bedroom as a time out place because then they will HATE the bedroom and not sleep in it - that would be worse right!!!!!

Just what I heard!

I am actually taking a course on disciplining 1-3 year olds next week and can't wait to share some of my new knowledge........................I will ask those sort of questions, which i am sure are normal - my sister the member has the SAME thing - he laughs when she trys to discipline him............

Boys r us replied: Jen is right Brianne! But I will tell you what my little attitude inflicted monster HATES....dumm da dumm dum dummmmm...THE DREADED CORNER!!!!!! Oh he cannot stand it! Works like a dream

mckayleesmom replied: she did hate the corner and time out...but now she is Imune to it....However after I put her in her room today...if she got in trouble I put her in time out...if she tried to get up..I threatened with the room and she sat in time out like she was suppose to. She didn't want to go to her room

ammommy replied: Brianne--this worked for Alec yesterday so I'll pass it on. I threatened to take away his favorite toy for the day if his mouth didn't get nicer. It just happens to be his slip n slide and that would have been torture. Miraculously, my little well mannered boy returned
It probably helps that I've done this before and he knows I mean business.

redchief replied:
That's the important part. Good luck and I'm so glad my kids are grown beyond that now... The boys are both adults so I can just pummel them

The girls? Well all I have to do is look disappointed at them and they get all teary eyed.

Hillbilly Housewife replied: Bri - I wo`ldn`t send her to her room. Simply because her room is *supposed* to be a place of refuge..... if you send her there when she`s in trouble, she won't want to go in there on her own. She's start to think that when she goes to bed it's because she's in trouble.

Put a chair ina corner - get her to sit on it, facing the wall..... and that's that....

Or, do you have a car seat for her you can take into the house when not in use in the car and put her into it (strapped it) when she`s in a time out so she can't get up off it?