Time out

When my children were much younger I would occasionally use time out as punishment.

For instance, there were times when one of the twins would get physical with the other and hit or bite his sibling.

This would warrant a few minutes in time out.

We didn't own one of these cutie patootie time out chairs in our house (we would have needed four of them anyway).

Instead the time out place was the stairs.


This location was a bit out of the way, but I could still keep an eye on the little offender/biter.

There wasn't any distractions on the stairs so a toddler could calm down there for two minutes or so. (And if any of them tell you I forgot about them and left them there for longer than two minutes I will deny this... )

But I digress. The reason for this important post is the fact that my children no longer get sent to time out. They are far to old and well, frankly they don't hit or bite anymore (whew...I must be doing something right over here).

However this means the little darlings are around me 24/7 this summer.

Therefore, I have decided that maybe I do need to invest in a time out chair - FOR ME!

I have picked out this one:


I would happily sit here and calm down for as many minutes as I am old (a good rule of thumb for you users of time-outs). And since many of you know my age...that is long enough to make a dent in my book!

However, the time out chair would need to be placed here:




Far enough away from my own house that I would not be distracted!