No more warnings

Warnings don't work with a 2 year old.   In fact, they make things worse.  

Tell a kid that they have to stop some activity on the count of three, and they hear that they can keep doing it till you are done counting.    Then they'll test you past that point, waiting for the response that they know you don't really want to take the time to give.

We've recently enacted shock & awe timeouts with our two year old.   No more warnings.  Just a response - for anything that clearly violate the 'laws'.

Timeouts are enforced by bringing her to her bedroom, and asking her to sit on her bed (as confirmation of compliance).   Sometimes this takes a little while, but it's getting faster, and it always works in the end - she sits on the bed.   Then she gets a conversation and occasionally some kind of penance for her actions (apologize to someone she disobeyed or whatever).

This was started recently, but we've seen progress.   Last night she put her baby doll in 'timeout' because she was 'not listening'.   She's thinking about the problem.