I'm sure there will have been a thread about this already, but I haven't found one yet. Jack was 2 in Feb and we have recently hit the "terrible twos". He has always been such a great sleeper so the biggest shock for me is his recent refusal to stay in bed for his daytime sleep. I have tried a child proof gate (which due to design and location of his door was a big PITA as it opened outwards into a narrow corridoor), which kept him in his room ok, but not his bed. He is also very bright so bargains/bribes such as "if you stay in bed you can have a coin for your money box" used to work well with him, but don't in recent times. I am currently working on the "take his hand and walk him back to bed" strategy. Unfortunately we have had a couple of weeks with lots of interruptions (ie MIL baby sitting one day, being out for daytime sleep one day etc) and I haven't achieved much. I try for an hour (which is spent constantly walking a laughing 2yo back to bed), then stop. The first day I did this, after 20 mins he calming told me "Jack pushing boundaries" - where on earth did he even learn this phrase?

So, my questions are - do you think this approach is the right one? and if so how long do I keep going (in terms of duration each day as well as how many days/weeks to continue for without a result)? and if not can you suggest another approach?

Interestingly, he still sleeps during the day at day care one day/week, or if MIL babysits at her house (but not if she does it at our house).