The sleep nightmare
It was about four years ago that I started having sleep problems. I’ve never had a problem getting to sleep at night and I never…
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The new school – feeling tired
It’s pretty much the thing you hear parents say more than anything: ‘He’s really tired… ‘ ‘She’s just SO TIRED’. It might be true or…
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The new bedtime routine
Ever since we moved into our house two years ago, my daughter has struggled to get to sleep. Until the age of 6 or 7,…
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The early bird catches the worm (but only if she’s rested)
Regular readers will know I’m an early bird. I always see times beginning with a 5. Sometimes I even see times beginning with a 4…
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The tummy ache gets worse…
After not getting to sleep until 11.20pm on New Year’s Day, I was desperate for my daughter to see a doctor about her worsening tummy…
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Return to bedtime tummy aches and chocolate medicine
Back in the summer, when the doctor diagnosed the stomach aches my daughter had been having intermittently for a year as chronic constipation, he warned…
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Bedtime battles
Every night it’s the same (as Twitter followers will know) – complete and utter exasperation at my kids’ inability to go to bed. 10.30, 11.15……
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Bedtime tummy ache
Sometimes it seems like my lovely daughter – the clever girl, the confident dancer, the girl who shines in everything she does – leads a…
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Trouble sleeping
I am writing this sat on the landing outside my daughter’s room while she goes to sleep. I’m sat here because she asked me to….
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Losing control
Things have been sliding a bit in our house lately. I’ve lost my grip on a few basic things I was always good at keeping…
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Bedtime story
I’ve always read my kids bedtime stories ever since my eldest was 18 months (except when I was breastfeeding and husband took over reading duties…
