Although B and I said that we would not spare the rod when it comes to our children, we have never actually bought a physical cane. Izzie is now 30 mos.

Along with the adorable moments, came terrible twos as well. Izzie is throwing more tantrums now. When she doesn’t get what she wants, she would lay on the floor and suck her thumb or she would fake-cry or she would scream. She hasn’t learnt how to express her emotions maturely yet.

It happened again yesterday when I was trying to get her to look at me during a non-intense moment but she refused and it developed into a full blown temper tantrum. She was crying and whining, and refused to cooperate.

I was trying to speak to her simply but I am inexperienced with kids…so the sentences turned out to be rather long and complicated and of course, she didn’t get what I meant.

I decided to put her on the time-out chair and I told her 3 simple sentences REPEATEDLY to get her to calm down.
1. No crying
2. No whining
3. Look at mommy’s eyes
Every time she got one of the 3 things right, I would point it out to her and I would repeat the 3 sentences until she got all right. It sure took a long time to discipline her and she finally calmed down. I foresee more of such session and I pray for God’s wisdom and understanding to come upon us.

This is such a nice chair I found online. It costs $60! >.< of coz we didn't buy it. I think it is too attractive for a time-out chair.