A Sad Story that Affects MANY People I Know

Time Out

While Cameron is a good baby 95% of the time, he has been starting to throw a few temper tantrums. Usually it is because we are not giving him what he wants and he gets mad and starts screaming, crying and hitting. So, I put him in time out. I said loudly, "You are going to time out." Then I sit him on the bottom stair and walk away. It worked pretty effectively. It still works effectively, but...

This is a picture of Cameron getting mad at his Daddy before leaving for daycare in the morning. He is pointing at Rian and telling him NO!

Last night he started to throw a small tantrum and I said, "Do you need to go to time out?" He said yes, grabbed his KiKi and walked over to the stairs and sat on them himself. He also waited until I came over to get up. It was so cute and sad at the same time.

It got me thinking about something I read about just having a "cool down" spot for kids because that is what they need MOST of the time and time outs should be reserved for only when the child behaves badly.

So, am I doing this right? Should I let him still just walk himself to time out? Should I let him take his KiKi when he is kind of in trouble? What do I need to be giving time outs for?

I hate punishing my baby, so to lighten up the mood, here are a few recent pictures.

Eating spaghetti or "sketti".
Enjoying warm weather with the window rolled down in the car.
Kickin' it at the park.
So cute.

Vaccinations

I know this is a topic under fire, however Cameron has all of his and got them regularly. Including the Flu shot and H1N1. I work with a bunch of dirty, gross, sick children. Of which, 8 have had H1N1! 8 STUDENTS IN MY CLASS! I am not going down with that yucky sickness, and I am not letting my family go down with it either.

Here is a post my friend BECKY wrote about the topic. I couldn't agree more. In fact, I wrote an open letter to the person that she is referring to in this blog post. Here is a copy of it, (with names changed for protection) for your enjoyment:

Open letter to Amy:
Well, I hope your kid doesn't get measles and die someday. Or pass it on to a bunch of kids and then it mutates and kills even more people including all of the children

Also Amy, remember when you stabbed your leg because Kevin Arnold dumped you? I do. I bet you were glad you got that tetanus shot because you used a dirty knife to stab your leg.

Regards, Jennifer