Discipline

Depends on what she’s done.. I personally don’t think disciplining a toddler does anything but hurt them. Short and sweet is apparently the way to go, and they slowly catch on to the boundaries. You just put the boundaries down. Say a firm “no, insert boundary” and eventually they’ll catch on

But like I said, depends on what they’ve done.. they’re 2.. toddlers are just learning the world right now. They don’t have adult/teen knowledge. Parenting a toddler is all about setting the foundation of the person they’ll blossom into one day. With your guidance.

Shaming/disciplining can do more harm than good. It can make them listen just out of fear (a little fear here and there at certain times is ok. Too much isn’t). You want them to grow with confidence. You also have to demonstrate the behaviour you want.

I taught my daughter to cough into her elbow, took a bit of time. Then she saw me not cough into my elbow once and she stopped and didn’t want to cough into her elbow. Until then next time I coughed I did it in my elbow and she’s been doing ever since, and even reminding me to do it when I forget 😂

I use both my hands a lot and will sometimes cough behind me. But I should be doing all the time like I usually do haha

My daughter has done time out since turning two and definitely understands. She will also put herself in time out now, she won’t be in trouble or anything she’ll just sometimes get super high emotions and then say “I go to corner” and I’ll watch her take breaths and then she comes back so I think she’s begun to associate it with taking a moment to calm down and regulate which is great and how we use it. Time out is also optional for her in the way of I always say when she’s ready to join us again and do whatever it is that’s happening in a calm way then she can rejoin us.

I'll say no once and insert the boundary. If she doesn't stop, I say no again and take her away/ take the toy away.

I think too much explaining is a waste of time as their little toddler brains can't understand it it just makes you feel like you're doing better parenting