Originally Posted by Crystal:
Time out is completely useless, especially for his age.....he's not going to "get it" as you say.
If he is chewing stuff, try redirecting him " I cannot let you chew on that, see what happens when you chew on that" (show him) "If you want to chew on something, you can chew on this" and then give him something he CAN chew on......This may be a sensory thing and I would try to accomodate it the best I can.
In regards to putting him in a playyard for "most of the day", as a parent I would be absolutley LIVID if I thought my child were being separated and segregated for most of the day. He is not going to learn anything by being excluded from the group....except to maybe become an angry little boy who never learns to self-regulate and control his own behaviors. If you feel this is your only alternative then you need to term care and let them find a provider who can meet his individual needs.
The iron solution mught be good, but I would not do that without a doctor's note. Too much iron is not a good thing, just as too little iron is not a good thing.
Good luck.
This this is what I was trying to say...thanks crystal
ALL Children need loving touch and human interaction, leaving a child in one of those all day is cruel.
if you only need to do it when you have to cook food or go to the bathroom, or things like this I can understand. I have had to put a 2.5 year old in a pack in play in the hallway when I went to the toilet so that I could go without them getting hurt. They were in it for about 30 seonds to a min each time I had to go to the bathroom.
It does sound like the best thing for this child would be to let him go.