Scarlett's First Timeout

Scarlett just got her first-ever timeout. As is always the case, she is handling it way differently than Christian ever did. He always - and still does - accepted his timeout with compliance and quietness. Scarlett is having an absolute meltdown. So glad Jonathan is handling this first one.

She was hitting our dog, Bella, who was being very tolerant of the situation. But ... you never know when a dog will snap - oh, the stories we see on the news!!! We don't want to be one of them!!  "Family dog mauls toddler, is put down."   That sort of thing ... :(.

Jonathan firmly told her "no" twice and the third time she did it and he said no, she stuck out her tongue, made a zerbert and giggled ... and all of that landed her in her first time out. Hitting the dog, not listening and the defiant gesture was enough for Jonathan. I just stayed in the kitchen cooking, thankful he was taking care of it.

Now that the first time out has happened, I predict she'll be spending lots of time there. She loves to walk over to Christian and pull his hair - hard! She loves the pained reaction he gives, so she laughs and does it more ... ugh. She is sooooo much more of a difficult child than Christian ever was.