Wow that sounds like hard work. I think taking the TV out is a great plan. Matilda has only just started getting interested in TV and so now we are making special TV times for her. So I have a few DVD's and put them on a few times a day. For 20 minutes or so. We are planning for when the baby comes to make her TV time the same as breastfeeding, so saving the TV for those special times only. We also are putting a timer on, so she gets used to TV being regulated because until now she hasn't been interested & I've just left ABC kids on and then turned the TV off and then on again for ABC kids in the arvo for noise... now we watch programs like Wiggles or Hi-5 during the time slots so she gets more used to TV time. I guess turning TV into a reward or a special thing, rather than having access to it at all times can really work in your favour when the second one comes & you have to deal with two.

Matilda is very determine to get her way in most areas of life & this includes eating as well. I don't have many suggestions other than offer him healthy choices at meal times & let that be it. Matilda will not eat if she doesn't feel like something, but will eat that same thing the next night. We now have the one dinner option. We used to offer her alternatives, but lately I haven't had the energy to prepare whatever she wants. I know what she likes & we have those meals 2-3 times a week for dinner, but I also offer her different options. I just make sure on nights I introduce something I'm not sure if she will eat I give her a big arvo tea to make sure she has something in her belly. Or I will have a "supper snack" right before bed like popcorn.

Matilda wakes every morning between 4.30am-5.30am, sometimes she falls back asleep before we can drag our bottoms out of bed, other times we go into her & she's wet, cold & hungry. Those times we get her a drink of warm milk (sometimes even a bottle) change her & cover her up and she always goes back to sleep within 20 minutes. We don't even stay with her. She's always done it & only now is sometimes falling asleep before we get into her. I think its when she stirs because its colder and does a wee & it wakes her up... the bottle is an excuse for us to get more sleep and at the moment thats the most important thing for our family Goodluck!