I wish any of this would work for DS.
He laughs hysterically and says "no no no no no..ha ha..norty corner..ha ha mummy" etc.
He thinks timeout is hysterical, and after half an hour I give up becuase the reason for the timeout has been lost on him.
He wont be distracted unless we get in the car and go somehwere else. The only place I can put him where he cant run back to whatever else he was doing is his cot - but I dont want him to associate being naughty or punished with bedtime/sleep.
I cant really say anything to DH when its been a challenging day with him or I get "Well he doesnt do that for me...what's wrong with you?" or "you sound like you dont want to spend time with him, I dont see why he'd act any differently for you etc"
I have no support form DH, who wants to smack DS which I'm totally against.
I have no support from my parents who think I'm causing the problems by not smacking him "its the only way" "he needs to be smacked" etc. Mum has now said she will not look after him if I cont let her physically discipline him. again, .

Grrr. Sorry Astrid
I'm uselsess arent I. I sympathise with you though.