You'll get lots of different advice on smacking here - many people are gentle parenters, who don't smack. I think probably only you can know if that's good parenting for your bub or not.

You might or might not find some guidelines for smacking that I use helpful.
- Am I angry at all? Am I in control?
- Do I have any other discipline options that work?
- Will my child learn from this? Does this guide them, or just upset them?
- Did the child deliberately disobey, or was it an accident, or something they have no control over?

I'm encouraged that you're thinking about this, however we parent it's always good to do it thoughtfully and with reasons behind the decisions we make.