*sigh* Drama with my toddler

Jazmine
My 3 1/2 year old is testing us hard core lately and it's getting so unbearable! Tonight at bedtime I was hit 3 times and got stuff thrown at me. I put him in timeout but he wouldn't stay so I told him he would get spanked if he couldn't sit in timeout (mind you he's never been spanked yet). Eventually he sat but then got up and did the same stuff so instead of the spanking I took his bookshelf away for the night and he will get them back tomorrow (he loves reading to himself so it was tragic to him)..... I just couldn't bring myself to spank him. My husband said I was being unreasonable by taking his books away and should have spanked him like I said I would. I'm at a loss....was I wrong? Should I have just stuck to my word and spanked him?

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