A.D.
She is 3 years old not a child...Spanking is never ok and time out should be supervised and age related, 2 years 2 minutes, 3 years 3 mintues. Maybe she is reacting to your frustrations of feeling you in this along. Becareful not to take it out on her and always remind her how much you love her. Explanations sould be brief and never long drawn out reasons for why your punishing her. She is Only 3 and everything is still new and exciting for her, don't you wish you were sometimes, so make it short and let it go... And if dad doesn't want to be part of things maybe you should let him go too.