I’ve been sleep deprived for eight years and counting. I know I’ve mentioned that more than once, but us Brits like to point out minor hardships. On the whole, I’ve got used to getting by on a meagre amount of sleep. The human ability to autopilot has carried me through plenty of times but, of …
I love my kids and would throw myself into the path of danger to protect them. Already, you know there’s a caveat coming up imminently. And here it is. I’m truly sick of them getting in our bed! Saying ‘them’ may seem somewhat uncharitable towards the older two as they’re a lot less to blame …
Sleep – or a distinct lack of it – is something that I seem to write about a lot. It’s been almost eight years since I regularly got a decent night’s kip. Actually, it’s probably been even longer than that. While the kids have undoubtedly played a big part, a new acquisition has proved that …
Did you know that last week was National Stop Snoring Week? I’m guilty of pushing up rather loud zeds now and then, so when the people at Breathe Right asked me to take part, I felt I ought to! They sent me a hamper of items to help me – and Kate, of course – to …
Bedtime is a funny old game isn’t it? Just when you think you’ve nailed it, things contrive to leave you wondering what went wrong. And when I say ‘things’, obviously, I mean ‘children’. After seven years of battles with an increasing number of small people in our own image, we foolishly believed we had finally …
I’ve just spent the last couple of days solo parenting while also trying to work. Kate had to leave at short notice to visit a relative in hospital at the other end of the country, so I had plenty to juggle. I’m not going to lie; it was really difficult! All three kids have reached …
I was interested to read about a study currently being undertaken in Canada, which is investigating the effects of sleep deprivation on the brain. Not least because this subject is rather close to home at the moment! I’ve been struggling with tiredness a lot lately. There are a number of factors at play. My busiest …
It never ceases to amaze me how my kids are able to get one over on me. Despite being obviously older and allegedly wiser than them, they all record regular victories over me. Alarmingly, I have just realised that a large number of these are while they are asleep. Yes, they can literally beat me with their …
I took this photo of Amelie as her pose made me laugh – albeit quietly for fear of waking her! She looked like she had become aware of something troubling. But what kind of anxiety dreams to babies have? She’s blissfully ignorant of the world news, so it couldn’t be that. Maybe she was dreaming …
The team at Sealy like to keep me on my toes with their Deeper Sleeper challenges. To remove the fourth wall for a moment, I know nothing until I open the parcels they send me. Things like pillows, duvets and even apps aren’t much of a surprise. I could never have predicted this one though. …