I'm guilty of yelling- I yell- it seems no one in the house can even hear me if I"m under a certain decibel. With our toddler we do time outs or I take away a toy if she is misusing or abusing it, and sometimes, when she is just on a roll and she and I clearly need a break from each other, I call for "quiet time" which is similar to nap time - she has to lay in bed quietly with a book- but I don't expect her to sleep, only to be quiet until the timer buzzes (30 minutes)- she can look at her book, play quietly wiht her dolls, she just can't make noise or get off the bed- this often leads to a nap by default, which is fine by me. But I am not as good with discipline as I wish i were- I definitely have my shortcomings in this department- the only consolation being that I"m lightyears better than my parents were.

athenax3 Jun. 30, 2009 at 3:21 PM