No, it's not just a picture of our front door. Allie's baby is serving some time in time out. :)
A couple of weeks ago we have had to start time out's with Allie. I'm really surprised it took us this long to do it but to be honest, we are blessed with a very obedient and good listening little girl. But lately she's started getting a little sassy with us. She would ask for something and then if we told her no, she would YELL it, definitely not acceptable behavior. Matt and I talked and decided that our time out spot would be by the front door. We figured it was a pretty boring spot, and everywhere we go usually has some sort of door so we thought it would be a universal spot that she could associate with a time out if we needed to send her there when we weren't at home. I wish we had our video camera the first time she had to go. She had a complete and utter melt down! It's really sad how comical Matt and I thought it was but it was straight out of a movie. She screamed like I have never heard her scream before, sprawled out on the ground and just bawled. But boy did it work!!! Matt and I agreed that for the most part with our disciplining, we would give her one warning (unless she does something that could cause her or someone else harm) and if she did it again, she would have to go to time out. Now when we give her a warning for yelling, which is so rare now, she'll whisper 'No time out mama'. She's only had to go once or twice after her warning, it's been great. And now I randomly find Allie's toys in the corner by our front door. When I ask her why her toy is there she tells me that they are in time out, it's so funny. So far her baby, Elmo and Mickey Mouse have all spent time in time out. I sure hope she doesn't try and send me there!
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