working it all out

Sometimes when you're two and your understanding of how the world works isn't that great, and your grasp of complex human emotions isn't that good, and your notion of inappropriate behaviour & consequences isn't too advanced, and you're just trying to figure it all out, you put yourself in time out. For no reason at all.

For the record, we have overheard him on more than one occasion say, "Tinty looooves time out."

The only reason we've needed to use time out so far is for throwing things. He is the master of throwing toys when he gets frustrated. When he is "released", he says his obligatory "Saya Mama," but then he adds, with a touch of desperation and a lot of optimism, "Mama happy now?" Even when I'm annoyed, that part gets me every time.