So are there membership fees for this club? I have a crappy night sleeper so can I get honorary membership?

This morning I was astounded because I got up to DS2 only once during the night at 1150. I took him to the toilet and then put him back to bed. He didn't come in until 630 with a sleepy smile and a good morning mummy.

I was chuffed - yay! he slept!

Um no..... I only wish I'd taken a photo of his room. Clearly this kid was having a blast up until the wee hours of the morning. He built some pretty cool towers, did some puzzles, read some books and played with his cars before falling asleep in his tent.

Now, I have a problem. Do I take the toys out of his room so he has nothing to do in the middle of the night? Clearly he is up playing in his room at night but he's doing it quietly so I get a good night's sleep. We don't really have anywhere else to put his toys and I want my house to, at least in part, look like grown-ups live there. Does that make me a bad mum? FWIW he sleeps well during the day. I'm not about to begin to let him cut down his two hour sleep during the day on weekends. It's time for me to clean, garden, sew, read a book, cook - anything I want to do and I'm not giving it up!

I'm going to investigate this magnesium/calcium thing further. From the little bits I've read this stuff works.

Coincidently, DS1 was rambling on the other day about something he learnt at Uni to do with teenagers, magnesium and staying up late. I must learn to pay more attention to my eldest son! I'm going to pick his brains and see what he has to say and I'll report back here.