Time-outs are in full swing

I guess it is a little amazing to me how quickly babies really do understand what they are suppose to do and what not do. Calan is not allowed to touch several mainstays in our home - our phones, remotes, computers, Christmas tree, etc., etc. He is a smart little bugger though. It amazes me that if my phone or remote are in easy access, he beelines for them instantly knowing that he is not allowed to touch them. Human nature really is to go against authority to say the least.

Therefore, we have started time-outs. In our house that means, he is placed in his crib for a minimum of 2 minutes. He has to be sitting in his crib for timeouts to begin and has to be sitting quietly for timeouts to end after the 2 minutes are up. I thought that he would be more upset or opposed to timeouts, but really he just does his time for lack of a better way to say it. Though he seems to not have an issue doing timeouts, they do seem to stop the behavior that I am trying to correct (till the next time he does it). 

It is a little hard for me to discipline him. I know that it is best to correct his behavior now rather than try and reteach him later, but some how in our society discipline has become a taboo topic. If we want our children to act a certain way, there has to be consequences for when they don't. I am not expecting or desiring Calan to be perfect. He is a toddler, I get that, but the saying "kids will be kids" only goes so far. Kids become tweens become teens become adults. 

Is discipline still a bad word in mommy world? How and when did you start?