Here are her top five Sleep Avoidance tactics:

-She will always want the one cuddly toy that I can’t find.

-She takes take twice as long to go to sleep whenever I have plans (normally to drink wine in my pjyamas).

-She will try anything to stop me leaving the room. The moment I go to shut the door she will be struck with a desperate thirst, tummy ache, hunger or need for a poo.

-Cuteness is her best Defence Against Bedtime. Just as I am about to totally lose my shit she will tell me; ‘Mummy, you are my best friend.”  or “I love you so much – will you lie down with me?’

-She has also been know to unleash a good old-fashioned terrible twos scream-fest to avoid nodding off.

So I often resort to the Lie Down And Pretend To Be Asleep Until She Gets Tired method, also know as Co No -Sleeping. It is not for the fainthearted but it means you get to lie down…perfect for the sleep-deprived.

It is expertly demonstrated in this short film!

This is our typical bedtime ‘routine’. (I am well aware Gina Ford would have contented kittens if she ever witnessed this ‘technique’). *

Featuring me, the toddler and my new love The Eve mattress. You can read my review here.

*No parents were harmed in the making of this video.

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