Time out

My mother-in-law bought us some "take out time out" mats last year for Christmas and we have been using them for about a month or so now.  They are awesome!  The boys have been taking to them and they have been very effective so far.

So, the boys were playing the button on the Wii Fit and we were asking them not to.  So, after their second warning, Steve told them that if he saw the blue light come on again, it would be a time out.  So, after teasing us a little, Nicolas finally decided to push the button.  So, he was sent over to the mat for his time out.  Shortly after Nicolas sat down, Zachary looked over at him on the mat and then looked at the Wii Fit button.  He took one look back at the mat before pushing the button.  Before we even had a chance to send him to time uot, he walked over on his own and sat down!

At almost 20 months he has already figured out that some actions have consequences.  He has also realized that he can weigh out those consequences and pay the price if he really wants to.  I guess the importance of pushing the button outweighed him having to sit in time out.  He served his full time out and then moved on to something else....