DS is now 2.5 and we're beginning to see him challenging us more and more. We've always tried to avoid 'punishment' based discipline and instead use positive reinforcement/redirection or talk about why we don't do things etc.

But, this is increasingly becoming more and more challenging and we are beginning to see a little bit of hitting. The way we've always approached hitting etc has been 'we don't hit people because it can hurt them. when you get hurt you feel sad. it doesn't feel good to feel sad does it'. But that isn't resonating right now.

So, the topic of time out or the naughty spot has come up a few times now... I'm not 100% sure it's the right approach for us right now. I'm still not sure if he is old enough to comprehend it, or whether it will even be any more effective than the approach we're currently using.

But, I would love to hear you're experiences with these sort of techniques. Does it work with your child? How do you implement it? When did you start? Any tips or pointers?

And, of course if you have any other ideas as to how we can make discipline a little bit more effective in our house that would be great too.

TIA

ETA: I guess overall I feel like he is pushing the boundaries at the moment (which is perfectly normal at his age), but I'm just not sure if we are doing a good job of defining and maintaining them IYKWIM?