Trying Time Out

Maria and I had a discussion about how much the twins understand now and that it seems like a good time to try "time out" when there's a tantrum. Most of the tantrums seem to come from Connor and we don't want to teach him that he can get whatever he wants if he cries enough.

So it only took two times and now when the tantrum starts I can say "do you want to go to time out?" and Connor will answer, "no" and he calms down. It's great.

It worked for Chloe just by watching Connor. She'd never been in time out but when I asked her if she wanted to go she was able to calm herself down.

We'll see how long this works, but I'm optimistic.