Time out, Spanking and Naughty Chair
These are 3 constants in our house lately.
Emily is such a limit pusher. You can ask her to do or not do something one minuet and she is right there doing as told. Then 2 seconds later she gives you a sly look and doesn’t listen to a word you say. You can count to 3 and she pretends she is following directions but doesn’t. This is when the Time out, Spanking and Naughty Chair words come out of our mouths.
Now before you think I’m a bad parent for spanking let me tell you that we try counting to 3, then time out or the naughty chair, and we more so swat then spank. What she does is she will sit in the naughty chair and then when we turn our backs get off. She does this a few times before she gets a spanking. She even had time out yesterday at daycare enough for the daycare provider to tell us about it. She would throw the toys around her or swat at her friends when they would walk by. She was so naughty.
Erika on the other hand is a 180 of Emily. For example this morning I told them both they were not allowed to put the nukes in their mouths. I told them this several times and finally said go put them away by the time I count to 3 or you will get a spanking (I didn’t have time for time out as we were heading out the door) Erika didn’t listen so I litterly taped her butt. Her pouty lip came out, her face turned red and she was ready to cry. I hugged her and told her I said no nukes and that she didn’t’ listen. Then I told her I loved her and she was good to go after a good hug. Now if this story was with Emily it would of been more like.
Emily didn’t listen and yelled NO at me. All the while Erika is in the back ground saying ‘you don’t spank my sister’. I would have asked Emily nicely to put the nuke away by the count of 3 or she will get a spanking. Another loud NO yelled at me and nuke placed in mouth with a grin on the other side.
What does a person do? You have one kid that can do no wrong and I can count on one had the number of times she has been in time out. The other kid just pushes and pushes. She seems to respond better to me, which annoys daddy beyond. But if I’m insistent with her and the naughty chair she seems to finally sit until I come get her. I do always give a hug and explain again when she is calm why she had to sit in the naughty chair.
Any words of advice are greatly appreciated.
