time out = fun?

i haven't really been doing this yet, but tonight i put porter in time out. i have been thinking about how i would do it, where i would do it, etc. i didn't want to put him in his crib or his room, where it would backfire and he REALLY wouldn't want to go in there at bedtime. so, i decided a stool in the laundry room was perfect. it is a small room, and i don't care if he ends up hating that room.

so the reason he went to time out is because he decided to hit. i told him "no, porter we don't hit" and he did it again, so i put him in time out. i expected him to cry, but he didn't. maybe when i close the door and leave. nope. so i left him in there for a few minutes and he was as quiet as could be. i came back and opened the door and he was still sitting on the stool like a little angel. he stood up when i opened the door, and i asked him "are you ready to be nice now?" he turned around and sat back on the stool, and started to push the door closed. "bye bye, mommy", he said. i left for another couple minutes, and when i came back i realized the truth is... he loves time out. he carried the stool around with him the rest of the night. and in case you are wondering, no, it isn't a new item at our house. but it recently became the "time out" stool. i guess i will just be persistent, and maybe it won't always be new and exciting?? i don't know, i just wasn't expecting....... fun.