Discipline

Cassidy is 13 months and if you do something that gets her mad, she has quite the temper (I think she got that from me ) She'll scratch my face or pull my hair, and she KNOWS what she's doing is wrong. It's like she waits to see my reaction.

When is the right time to start disciplining, and what can you do with a child who is so young?

Re: Discipline

timeouts always worked well with my girls.
no toys, no tv, nothing. once the timeout was over, i explained that what she did was wrong, and that if she misbehaved again, she'd get another timeout.

and i noticed, the more i reacted, the more they'd misbehave, or continue their mischief.
somethings just have to be ignored. (like the whining - UGH! hate the whining)..but i realized that the more i'd say 'stop whining' the longer it continued - whereas if i just ignore it, after a few minutes, she'd get tired on her own, and find something else to entertain her.

Re: Discipline

Claire is 13 months old as well and I have the EXACT same problem. I honestly feel like sometimes I have been blessed with a VERY difficult child and I hope I am not alone and I do the right thing!..... Right now if I tell her no, or stop her from doing something she will try to bite, scratch or hit me and if thats not possible she throws herself on the floor and bangs her head.

Right now what seems to be working the best for us is time outs. I try to give her 2 warnings to stop or else she will get a time out ( I dont thinks she fully understands yet) and then I just put her down in a quiet corner of whatever room we are in and walk away, she usually comes to me crying and I try to ignore her for 30sec-1min and then tell her Mommy doesn't like when you bite, and tell her to say sorry.(which she doesn't yet)....and then hugs. She definitely knows what she is doing is wrong, but she will usually hug me and not try the same behavior again.

I am far from an expert but I am hoping the more we do these time out the less she will try to bite and hit. She does have a VERY little patience and a short temper, so I also try to distract her as much as possible to avoid these issues.

Good Luck!