Timeout Solution

Isaac has been testing his boundaries more and more lately and climbing on everything.  He loves to climb in papa's chair and play on the computer which I've been fine with until he took it to another level.  The past couple of days he's decided it would be fun to climb in the office chair and then climb on the desk and crawl around on it.  Uh, no....on multiple levels.  Well, the calm way of removing him from the situation and explaining it's not safe was not registering even after the millionth time.

A brilliant friend who's also a nanny and quite skilled in handling mischievous toddlers suggested an alternate method.  Isaac isn't old enough for timeouts on a chair and he certainly isn't going to sit still on a step.  Instead, I pulled out the pack-n-play.  It's nice and secure, he can't climb out of it and I simply place it where he can't reach anything.  Brilliant!  This is my new secret weapon for toddler mishaps.

Timeouts are only for one minute and he doesn't like being confined.  I set a timer and when it goes off I let him know he's all finished and then reiterate what he did wrong and follow it up with hugs and kisses.  It's only day one but so far so good.

After lunch I let Isaac enjoy a treat and pick out a mini cupcake.

He enjoyed his cupcake....a lot!

He struggled a bit accepting he could only have one cupcake even though he could clearly see more cupcakes were available.  Every little guy deserves a little treat every now and then but in moderation.  We're still working on that one and I have a feeling we'll be working on that one for awhile.  :)