The D word

Well, it's officially begun-"discipline" that is. We for a while have been giving Cale a little slap on the hand for throwing food at meals and a few other things discipline wise, but today was a first. I had to put Cale in time out. Let me just start by saying it is so hard to know how to handle situations in the right way. It started by Cale trying to climb from his little rocking chair onto the couch, which we allow, well he was having problems so he got mad. He has started this new thing-if he is stacking blocks and they fall, or if he can't get a lego piece together-he gets mad and starts throwing toys and crying. We are not quite sure exactly how to handle this. Well, he started throwing everything in site today when he couldn't climb onto the couch-books, toys, stuffed animals. We told him no and took the toys away, but that didn't stop him, he was in a full out fit and wasn't stopping for anything! Then he got mad and hit me. So he had his first 2 minute time out in his bed. And he screamed from the top of his lungs, but afterwards when I went in to get him he stopped and was fine and turned back into his most of the time cute, happy little self. I don't know if we did the right thing, I want to make sure to not always say the word no, and want to make sure he learns there are consequences to his choices and actions. Sometimes you just question how you did things. Well today it worked, who knows if it will next time. Hopefully this will not become a regular thing! God give us patience and guidance in loving Cale and showing him your ways and that there are consequences for the choices he makes. This is the part of parenting I don't like. I don't like disciplining, but I guess you can look at it another way-you are helping to teach your kids and give them the skills so that hopefully when they get older they will understand and think about the choices they make before they make them. It should be interesting!