DS1 is a lovely lovely boy, gorgeous and bright, and very verbal but certain aspects of his behaviour are very challenging at the moment. I have so far just thought that this is typical behaviour of a child his age but my MIL is staying and seems to think he is a bit out of control and that I need to take action to address various things. My own mum has made the same comment. First of all, he is not good at settling at night or for his day time naps. I have to sit with him and hold his hand until he falls asleep otherwise all hells breaks loose - last night it took over an hour and I had over things to do (DS2 to look after) and so DS1 was up until gone 10 and only went to sleep when I did (in our bed). He has a fixed bed, bath and story routine which used to work well but now it's increasingly hard to get him to stay in his bed and I am growing tired of having to sit next to him whilst he falls asleep - he is nearly 2 1/2 and should be able to fall asleep by himself. He also have tantrums fairly regularly, i.e. every other day, usually when we take something away from him or when he is overtired. I have usually dealt with these by ignoring him or distracting him but MIL thinks I need to be firmer and offer incentives for good behaviour, e.g. if you do x then you can have an ice-cream. He also has issues with concentration - tried to take him to a story time and our local library this am and he refused to sit for more than 30 seconds. Have tried before and same thing. Not a big deal but, as my MIL pointed out, all the other 2 year olds were happy to sit and listen. Not DS! As far as I'm concerned, this is all fairly normal for a child his age and he will grow out of it. I have so far taken a fairly relaxed attitude and am only strict on the important stuff, e.g anything dangerous, pushing or taking toys from other children etc, but MIL thinks I should be stopping him do other thing. e.g, he loves to play with the hoover, I don't mind but she thinks he shouldn't; he doesn't want to eat his yoghurt; I try to get him to but if he doesn't want to then I leave it and don't offer anything else. Do I need to be doing more in terms of discipline? On the plus side, he loves stories and will sit endlessly if you read to him, likes drawing, loves music and singing and any kind of physical play. He is also learning to play well with other children, is happy to share etc and is fantastic with his baby brother. So, do I need to adapt my parenting style or do anything else to address these issues? MIL thinks he rules the roost at the moment and that we're going to have trouble on our hands if we don't address it.