Hi there - I'm back again after nearly a year off! Raising James and dealing with PPD has been my year last year and I am finally on some right medication and able to deal with a bit more each day so here I am!

Ok anyway - With James 15 months old now - we are starting to get to the discipline stage where we need to decide on what methods etc we are going to use. Up until now we have been doing Attachment parenting with great results. I am going to buy Dr Sears book on discipline but wanted to know what methods you all use??

He does understand "no" but when you say it to him he just throws the object he shouldn't have been touching at me or tries to hit me. We don't smack so not sure where this is coming from....

Welcome back!:-D I'm so glad you are doing well. We've been using a book called 1-2-3 magic for Christian parents. I got it from amazon.com. It was recommended to us by my eldest DS's therapist. He has ADHD and it has really helped him to be consistent with what comes at 3. Not everyone agrees with this method (including my DH but when the therapist talked more to us about it he agreed to try it) because they think the child should do what they're told right when they're told. But for us it has helped our boys make better decisions. HTH!

A mixture of things. I spank only when my children are disobedient or disrespectful; for other stuff we extend grace, forgiveness, and other discipline measures (time alone, take away TV privileges, etc.)

Like Teelee mentioned, I used to use 1-2-3 Magic but in the end it didn't work for us. It only gave our kids a couple opportunities to be disobedient before complying (if at all), and they took advantage of it. :???:

I am not much help lol we spank, timeouts, or take something away, we use our judgment on what we feel is best for whatever the situation is, I feel discipline isnt a bad thing because they need to learn that when they do something bad there will always be consequences(thats true in life, you disobey traffic laws there will be a consequence etc), but discipline is different in every family and each child you just got to see what works and just be consistent with it :) good luck!

I am not much help lol we spank, timeouts, or take something away, we use our judgment on what we feel is best for whatever the situation is, I feel discipline isn't a bad thing because they need to learn that when they do something bad there will always be consequences(thats true in life, you disobey traffic laws there will be a consequence etc), but discipline is different in every family and each child you just got to see what works and just be consistent with it :) good luck!
yep thats me too. I am just now getting into timeouts again. my son gets used to one form of discipline so I am finding I need to switch it up. also I am learning that little boys are just aggressive so finding an outlet for that energy is good. I will tell my son to go run around the house. at 15 months he has already learned to work the system. Kids are way smarter than you may think at that age. also just because you dont spank doesn't mean he hasn't seen hitting on tv or at the playground. on top of that kids (and adults) don't need to be taught to sin (yes thats what he is doing if you haven't thought about it like that before) it's in our nature. I would dig into proverbs there's a lot of wisdom for parents in there. I am reading a book called "shepherding a childs heart" where instead of a "system" it teaches you to look at the heart of the behavior and address your childs heart. I'm about 1/3 done with the book but so far it is really good and it making me look at parenting in a new way.


btw, glad your back and glad your ppd is better. I struggled with it with my 1st and it wasn't fun. glad your meds are helping!