time-out scenes

time-out is our best armor right now in terms of disciplining iñigo. unlike before, he'd take it now more seriously and just hearing the threat, "i'll put you on a time-out again..." is enough for him to behave. although it usually works, there are still times when the kiddo is extra "naughty" and extra "assertive", which warrant me to put him on his time-out chair for a minute.

i already have a collection of anecdotes which happened during or after his time-out session at this start of the year and i'd say it's like a telenovela--all my emotions were stirred. haha.

scene 1

i forgot the reason behind his time-out but i know i was using the computer when this happened.

mommy: sit down on you chair... and don't play with your toys huh, you're for a time-out

iñigo: (sobbing) opo, mommy.

i left him in his room and went back to the computer and got myself too absorbed by the emails i was reading. i heard faint sounds from the other room but i ignored them thinking it must be iñigo again singing or just in his "talk and talk" mood.

but the kiddo... hinde na siguro nakatiis... walked out his room and approached me.

iñigo: mommy, finished na time-out?

the mommy simply forgot about him and his time-out session! bwahahaha.

i then remembered what i was hearing minutes before he walked into our room; he was like crying this: "mommy! time-out is finished!" over and over again. my poor son... to think that 10 minutes have already passed... hehe.

scene 2

i already put him on a time-out as he kept on playing with the food on his bwol despite my several warnings. he obliged and afterwhich asked him to finish his meal. but the kiddo was really makulit, he again started to pick and throw away the cookies from his bowl.

my patience was starting to wear out. but i managed to just tell with him, but with firm voice, "iñigo, stop that huh... i already told you many times not to play with your food as it's not good."

but the son went down from the dining chair and walked towards his room.

"okay, time-out again!", iñigo said with a casual voice.

no sweat for mommy! but wait... i was not asking him to have a time-out. he probably thought it's better to have a quiet moment in his time-out chair for a minute than to be nagged by mommy.

but, oh well, that did him good. =)

scene 3

this one is a drama scene. i didn't imagine my two-year-old son confronting me as early at his age. but i realized he probably got the idea from our small talks after the time-outs... i'd usually ask him, "let's have a talk, iñigo... why did mommy put you on a time-out?", and he'd usually give me the correct answer.

again, i couldn't exactly remember why i had to put him on a time-out. i recall he was insisting to do something alone, without mommy's help. but i opted not. i felt guilty with my decision to give him a time-out, i know my son was just trying to be independent... but then it already happened and i just had to learn my lesson.

iñigo: no time-out, mommy! (the kiddo was crying. he also probably felt that he didn't deserve the time-out)

mommy: no, sit down on your chair...  mommy will just tell you if your time-out is already finished.

fast forward...

mommy: okay, finished na ang time-out.

i decided to welcome him at the door of his room which i don't usually do. but i was still a few steps away when iñigo walked out crying...

iñigo: mommy, talk!

mommy: (puzzled, but was trying to suppress her laughter because of the little boy's facial expression). what?

iñigo: talk to iñigo! (he was in confrontational mood. gee... you should have seen his face--pang-famas!)

but i couldn't speak. i was already laughing. i was covering my mouth with my right hand to suppress my laughter but when i was already sure that i couldn't, i backed off and went to another room.

my son was just asking for us to talk about what happened, that's all... mahirap ba yun? hehe.

the infamous chair in the house--iñigo's time-out chair