First time out

Reagan got her first time out this afternoon. She looked so cute sitting in the time out corner with dirt all over her mouth, I was tempted to take a picture! But of course I did not want to give her any attention so I didn't. She got the time out, as you may have guessed, from eating dirt. I was doing a little yard work and she just could not stop herself from putting rocks and dirt in her mouth. I told her no several times and tried distracting her with toys but she just kept going for the dirt. She did not know what to make of me sitting her in the corner and crawled away twice, but stayed after the second time I put her back. I am going to try to be diligent about teaching her to stay in a proper time out corner, instead of putting her in her crib like we did with Katya. It will take some persistance though. She kept looking at me and putting her arms up towards me. And even though she is so little, I did the whole routine of telling her what the time out was for, rubbing her fist on her chest for sorry, and giving her a kiss and a hug and telling her I love her.

It seems kind of funny to put such a little kid in a time out. But I will not be that parents who says, "No or I will say no again" (i.e. no consequences). Seeing her sign, 'please' when she wants something, and 'all done' when she doesn't like her food really makes me realize how smart babies are and how capable they are of learning.