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Okay, I don't know if this question belongs here or in parenting with kids, but smurf it.

So let me ask you this..

Are your kids allowed every where in your house or are they locked out of certain rooms?


When your kid throws a tantrum, how do you handle it?


If you were a cosleeper, when did you finally decide it was time to move them out of the bed?

Are your kids allowed every where in your house or are they locked out of certain rooms?
Generally, though I'd prefer they stay out of the basement.


When your kid throws a tantrum, how do you handle it?
It depends on the tantrum. Either time out or ignore.


If you were a cosleeper, when did you finally decide it was time to move them out of the bed?
At about a year

My kid is allowed everywhere in the house now that she's old enough not to hurt herself with certain things. We do have a gate in the kitchen, but that's to keep the dogs out-not her.

When she throws a tantrum, depending on where w e are its handled differently. At home she goes to her time out chair until she quits crying and then we talk about why we can't act that way. At a store or restaurant we go outside or to the restroom and cool off and again tell her that its not ok to behave like that in public.

We never coslept.

Quoting Stevah:" Okay, I don't know if this question belongs here or in parenting with kids, but smurf it. If you don't ... [snip!] ... tantrum, how do you handle it? If you were a cosleeper, when did you finally decide it was time to move them out of the bed?"

Are your kids allowed every where in your house or are they locked out of certain rooms?
Yes. Of course.

When your kid throws a tantrum, how do you handle it?
I am bad at this. My son is two and I try and tell him not to do things when he does things bad but it doesnt always work. My so who isnt biologically his dad but raises him as his own mostly deals with this department.

If you were a cosleeper, when did you finally decide it was time to move them out of the bed?
Again. My son is two and he still sleeps in my bed and my so hates it but its really hard to get him in his own bed. He literally wakes up evbery like hour if hes in hjis own bed.

1. Mine are allowed everywhere except in the kitchen while I'm cooking. There's a baby gate up there, that I close at those times.

2. I usually just ignore them. If they keep at it, I'll put them in their room. When he's done screaming, he can come out and then we can talk about whatever the problem is.

3. That one I think depends on the kid, and on whether it's just you and the kid in the bed or you, the kid, and SO.

My children are allowed in every room of my apartment. I was just wondering if it's common for people to keep rooms that their kids are not allowed in, I'd never heard of this and thought it was crazy.

My daughter can go anywhere in our house, we dont have anything dangerous or expensive and breakable that she could get into. If we did then wed just keep it put up out of her reach.

When she throws a tantrum Ill give her two chances to stop before I count to three and if shes still throwing a tantrum at three then she has to stand in the corner and isnt allowed to watch anymore tv or play with her leapster for the rest of the day.

We didnt cosleep.

She is allowed anywhere but I usually am supervising so she isn't in any danger anywhere.

I use gentle methods, letting her know I'm here, naming her emotions, allowing her space if she wants it and cuddles if she wants one. No time outs or isolating her.

We still co-sleep at 2, but we're all happy with that.

Quoting Stevah:" My children are allowed in every room of my apartment. I was just wondering if it's common for people ... [snip!] ... if it's common for people to keep rooms that their kids are not allowed in, I'd never heard of this and thought it was crazy."

So how do you handle your kids with tantrums?

my kids can go anywhere in the house. they don't because some rooms have the doors closed b/c there isn't any heat in there but they don't want to go in those rooms anyway but if they wanted to i would let them.

it depends on which kid is throwing the tantrum b/c they are both different and it depends on what the tantrum is over. with my son i always try to redirect him. he needs me to distract him and get him thinking about something else or he will scream for hours.

my daughter slept with us until she was about 3 and then i got her into a bed in the same room as us and then slowly transitioned her (it took years) to her own room. my son is 4 and sleeps on a small bed next to our bed. he's behaviorally delayed so it will take me longer to move him to his own room. i am having a harder time with it than anyone i think

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After they go into their own rooms they are no longer allowed into mine, I sleep on the upper floor so there is no need for them to go up there.

If they throw a tantrums I 1,2,3 there ass!

I co sleep for the first month then only on sofa for naps after then so baby knows his bed and I know mine!

Are your kids allowed every where in your house or are they locked out of certain rooms?

DD isn't allowed to play in our room, but she's not banished from it. She can't play in the spare room without asking, because we have company sometimes and she's oblivious to that lol. At night we put a gate across the kitchen... Technically she's "allowed" everywhere but it's not appropriate to play in certain rooms, which is why there are rules.

When your kid throws a tantrum, how do you handle it?

We count to three and then do a timeout... If she's screaming bloody murder we put her outside, otherwise it's the time out chair. If she's too worked up to calm down we put her in her room until she's ready to come out, but she'll usually lose something like her tv.

If you were a cosleeper, when did you finally decide it was time to move them out of the bed?

We moved DD out at 8 months when I stopped breastfeeding and when she got too big to share the bed comfortably.

Quoting Kelly+Brandon=Blake:" So how do you handle your kids with tantrums?"

I usually either ignore or use time out. I redirect, talk to them, tell them why they cannot behave the way they do but also try to show them how much i love and support them through how they feel.