Even in utero my 15 mo dd has been the active one, more assertive, more outgoing, and now aggressive! And to think she is 1/3 the size smaller than he is.
Over the last two weeks she has been coming to her brother from behind, hitting him in the back of the head, grabbing his shirt, and pulling him to the ground in a sort of football tackle.
We have no television in our household, so unless it is coming from the daycare that she is being influenced, I have no idea where this is coming from.
DH told me yesterday that he put her in time out for the first time, but placed her in the pack 'n play in the kitchen for 5 minutes!
We are just learning gentle parenting now in addition to 'Waldorf' based parenting (please no lectures). So the first question is, is time out for a 15 mo. old too soon? If not, I am sure that 5 min. is way too long, so what is the appropriate amount of time? The kicker is that DD sat in her pack and play quietly and did not get too terribly upset; so for all I know she probably thinks it is a game.
Are there other alternatives to time out?
TIA!
Over the last two weeks she has been coming to her brother from behind, hitting him in the back of the head, grabbing his shirt, and pulling him to the ground in a sort of football tackle.
We have no television in our household, so unless it is coming from the daycare that she is being influenced, I have no idea where this is coming from.
DH told me yesterday that he put her in time out for the first time, but placed her in the pack 'n play in the kitchen for 5 minutes!
We are just learning gentle parenting now in addition to 'Waldorf' based parenting (please no lectures). So the first question is, is time out for a 15 mo. old too soon? If not, I am sure that 5 min. is way too long, so what is the appropriate amount of time? The kicker is that DD sat in her pack and play quietly and did not get too terribly upset; so for all I know she probably thinks it is a game.
Are there other alternatives to time out?
TIA!
