Tantrums...funny ones?

ok I'm having some issues here.when my 21 month old throws a fit, sometimes she's funny. like hilarious to where i burst out laughing when i know i should punish her. like today for instance. i told her she had to go to her room becuase i told her twice not to sit down and eat AFTER she got out of her time out. anyways, i told her no, it was too LATE. and she goes "Nope, mommy, TOO EARLY" how can you not laugh at that?!! i tried my hardest. i left the room becuase i was laughing. but how do i go on punishing her when its hilarious? she does this quite often. and when she tries to "reason" with me i can't keep a straight face. she's quite the character.

also, what do you do when time outs and going to her room doesnt work? I've tried everything and i DO NOT spank.

u spank!!

you dont give into her. you have to stand your ground regardless of how funny or cute it is. you might have to give into spanking sometime. have you tried counting down from 5 to 1 and when you get to one she gets a time out first, then a smack on the hand then a spank? thats your call. i count down from 3 to 1 now and if he doesnt listen he gets spanked. but chances are he'll listen cause he doesnt wanna get spanked.

yes, whatever you do you have to do it consistently. If you don't want to spank, I hear you don't have to (I do) as long as you have consistent consequences. I've had to bite my lip to keep from laughing from time to time, or understand that if you do start laughing, you're probably not going to be able to punish that act.

Well if the time out dosen't work maybe she dosen't completely understand why she has a time out...or sitting in her room dosen't bother her... That's how it was with Jason so I started making him kneel facing a corner or a wall...that way there is nothing to look at and he dosen't get to squirm as much on his little butt lol. Just make sure you give a warning the first time she does it on the first time out. After that if she does the same thing don't give a warning anymore regarding that specific thing...just take her to her time out spot and remind her that it's because she did this thing that she's sitting there....and always make sure there is a make up kiss after the timeout so that she knows that she's a good girl again lol. Well hope that helps...I don't believe in spanking either and it never stopped me from showing my child how to behave...KEEP IT UP MAMA! 21 months is quite a phase lol.