Time out

From the very first time i put Seth in "time out", he responded very well to it. That was probably 3 months ago and i thought surely he won't continue to be that good about it...well, 3 months later and he is. It is so wonderful...he will sit there and not get up at all and once the timer goes off and the timeout is over, i briefly tell him what he did wrong, he says sorry and we hug and kiss and he is a wonderful little boy again! I haven't had to use timeout for over a month because he has been so good, but lately he has been extra whiney and throwing lots of tantrums. I suspect he is cutting his 2 year molars, but it could also just be that he is a 2 year old acting his age. This weekend he had a few timeouts and sometimes it wasn't that he did something wrong, but it was really just to calm down. It is like a miracle worker because he is a brand new little boy after it. Yesterday he was whining A LOT so i asked him if he needed a timeout (i didn't tell him to go there, i just asked if he needed it). He yelled "NO" and took off running out of the kitchen. A minute later i didn't hear him so i walked into the living room and saw that he put himself in timeout. It was so cute and funny, but i guess he realized he needed one after all. And now, i don't even have to put him there myself, i just tell him to go there and he does. I know it doesn't work for all kids, but this is a great thing for Seth.