... little monsters at times aren't they!!! Elijah stands his ground so well!! He's 26 months now... and just the other day we had a stand off out the front of K Mart lol... an older lady went in and came back out to find him still laying on the ground and commented about the stand off and that it was good I wasn't just giving in to him... I was just sitting on a chair nearby waiting and watching him laying face down on the ground.... once he had been there a bit I went and got him and carried him in and he was fine then. Sometimes he gets up and comes, other times once I've allowed enough time he's happy to just let me carry him to whatever it was he was previously protesting. He also does it at times about getting in the car... and like you said, you say you'll leave him behind.... I start the car lol. Ahhhh I find that what is effective changes each day! It must have something to do with them learning the signs/cues and also if they're tired/hungry/cranky etc... cos I just can't find the one thing which constantly works.