Let the fun begin

So since my camera is MIA I though I would share an update on whats been happening lately.
Usually Thursday is my favorite day of the week because we have play group and I get a chance to get out of the house and speak with actual adults while allowing Prestyn to play but because of the holidays the last 2 weeks I have been going crazy without it. Against my better judgement I decided to try taking Prestyn to the library for story time (even though he wont sit still for 1 page of a story book) I was hopeful that a different atmosphere would some how change that! WRONG although he was not horrible he refused to sit down and wanted to play on the chairs until he saw the library lady put out supplies for an New Years craft....this is where it all went wrong. Knowing that a 16 month old who insist that he should touch and get into everything saw the cups filled with confetti on the table and wanted it something fears. I tried to distract his attention with other things, but of course my attempts failed. By the time I was fed up and on my way out i had my hands full while holding one of his hands to leave while he decided to throw a screaming tantrum the whole way across the library while throwing him self on the floor repeatedly. Once he saw the doors he became happy again waving and telling everyone bye until I stopped him from going the wrong direction and the screaming and throwing him self to the floor again begun. I was so angry and reached my limit with his little fits that once I got between my car and another I spanked his butt before putting him in his seat while yelling at him for acting the way he did. My morning had only begun at this point after getting home and having him start all over again I decided to try time outs since he was too small before to grasp the concept. After warning him once and being ignored I walked him to his room and sat him on the floor this clearly was not going to work after having to place him back down several more times. So since he would not stay down I placed him in his crib and closed the door behind me while I walked out of the room. Of course the noise that echoed from his room were screams they slowly stoped after a minute or so. After walking back in to the room to only have him greeting me at the corner of his crib I asked him if he was done and ready to be nice only to be responded to with a head nod and a "yeah". You would have thought that I tried to kill him he gave me a kiss and a hug and would not let go after I placed him back onto the floor he broke down again sobbing like I have not heard in a long time since any other punishment is usually followed with a smile or giggle. He sadly walked himself into the hall still sobbing layed on the floor and buried his head and remained there for over 30 min until he finally decided he was ok and went outside to play. I thought his reaction to time out was quite funny, but relieved that finally something got my point across. I tried it again yesterday and it helped without the drama scene after, I am hopeful that maybe we can help correct his little fits to were they are few and far in between since I know I can not take it any more. Its funny how being placed in a room away from everything and everyone is more effective than spanking or taking things away......who knew :)