Time Outs: Starting to pay off!

To discipline Marce, we give him time outs. That's the only thing really to do for his age. And it's good because he doesn't like them. We put him in his room and shut the door for a few minutes. (he doesn't even think to play with his toys or anything) In the beginning he would violently cry and bang on the door, then he'd settle down a bit but still he was right there on the other side of the door and when we came to get him, he was sad and wanted to be held right away. The last few weeks when he gets a time out, he is sad and goes to cry face down on his bed...so cute. When we open the door he is still that way on his bed and he stays there and we come to him and then we hug him and hold him and stuff. He still does this now but the reason I say it is working is that he is now not angry with timeouts, but rather, sad that he got a time out. There's a big difference. BUT, the biggest reason why it's working is that he is learning to obey based off of time outs. For instance, if I tell him come over here and lay down so I can change your diaper...and he's playing around and doesn't come, well after a couple times of telling him I tell him he will get a time out, and he immidiately comes over and lays down. He now knows he does not want a time out and he knows what he needs to do to not get one, and...he does it! Yay, it's working. It's been really nice. and I don't just use it to get him to do everything, if he doesn't come in time, he actually does get them still, but he avoids a LOT of them because he does come.
This has all worked out in beautiful time as I am now getting big and don't want to chase or wrestle with him anymore. It couldn't have worked out better!
The communication barrier, not just with this but so many other areas is improving everyday between us. We're really subconsciously working on it I guess, and it's getting better and better, not just communicating, but understanding, both of us. We are really focusing on Marce asking for things rather than first whining for them. Like for example when I'm eating a bowl of cereal and he's whining right by my side "uh...uh...uh...uh...uh" So annoying, well we say "say please", or "more" and he says it and then we give him a bite but the very next time he is whining again, and we do that cycle everytime, eventually I know he'll get it and some day soon right from the start instead of whining he'll say "please". We usually say "What do you say?" but I can tell he doesn't know what were asking him so we just have to tell him what to say for right now.
It's good he's communicating and understanding better and better because that will really help me when I have this new baby come. One will be able to speak a little and one will be crying and whining, I don't want two crying and whining, so it's good Marcelus is progressing wonderfully.