2 year old punishment

my son has def. hit the terrible 2's! I am so tired of yelling at him a and spanking him. I spank him on the leg right underneath his diaper butit seems like it doesnt hurt it only hurts his feelings. and im not going to pank him harder because the point...

is not to hurt him but to teach him. I do utilize time out but as soon as he gets up he's right back to bn bad. he's not horrible just the typical 2 year old but I can have him runnin around all bad when my other son is watchin his every move and I would like to be able to get things done while he plays in the living room instead of watching his every move. I put him in time out for 2 minutes(one minute for every year old he is) I saw it on the super nanny and so far it works...he hates time out. but like I said when its over hes right back up and doin bad things again. just things like gettin in the cupboards when I know he knows hes not supposed to get in them. he knows I am also busy with my one year old so tries to sneak things when im distarcted. any suggestions on punishment other than spanking?

Umm Take There Favourite Toys away one at a time and Tell them they have to earn it back by being good and being nice to "mommy " .

I am a survivor of the terrible 2's. What I learned is that the more I would react, the more she would act up. It takes so much self control and patience to literally ignore them while they are acting up. Also, I bought a cheap pair of headphones and told my daughter that they are special ones that filter out whining so I can't hear her unless she calms down, it worked. The punishments that work I call.. Manual Labour time. Give them really dumb, but safe chores, like cleaning the cupboards. Who knew dusting the cans of corn would work, just make sure they are chores you would never have them do as they grow up like scrubbing floorboards.

have a certain place for time out and put him there. first give him a warning. then if he doest it again put him in time out for 2 minutes. and if he talks tell him to say im sorry to you.

hope this helped...

don't give up on the time-outs. be consistent and try not to let him know that he is stressing you out. if he gets up, just put him back. the supernanny is right. my pediatrician told me to start time-outs when they are young, like one! I'm glad you're looking for other ways than spanking.

he tels me he is sorry I make him. not only to me but if he hits his brother or pushes him or something I make him go and kiss his brother and tell hijm sorry. he likes to clean is the problem! lol. hi meme on his dads side is a clean freak and he helps her all the time. he also does things like throw his own diaper away when I change it and puts his close in the laundry when he gets done with the bath. I just am telling him not to do things over and over such as stay out of the cabunets or dont touch the light sockets, dont turn on the faucets. things he should know after the many times I have told him not to but choses to do it any ways just for the simple fact of he knows his punishment wont be that bad.

Good for you for going to time outs. And 1 minute for each year is a good guide, but remember that the minutes don't start until the child has calmed down; so if a 3 y.o. is fussy for a while, then they will be in time out "for-a-while" plus 3 minutes. And of course this has to be explained to the child before hand.
Keep at it.
Good Luck!!

take away the things he likes and spend like you say 2 mins then when he act up douple it so 4 mins.

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The time out is better than spanking. Spanking also gives the child the ability to perceive that his "protector" is capable of inflicting pain on him which sends his little mind mixed signals.

Something to stress is positive reinforcement. EVERY time he does something that is good or positive, praise him and tell him what a smart/good boy he is.

give him 3 chances ti behave and if he dusnt just start takin thins off him until he behaves thts what I do ti ma nieces

when mt child was 2 years old I had him on a time out cause he was a very bad little boy I made him sit in the time out chair for 10 minites and every time he moves it was an extra 5 minites. and if he bes extra bad he has to face the wall standing up or siting down and he can not get up I put him on that for as long as he deserves