Haydies - what a great thread so many of us mummies of non-sleepers coming out of the closet. It is so true that people lie - I do all the time, or rather I nod and smile when people ask if she is a good sleeper - it's just easier IYKWIM

I think everyone of us has been at the loosing it stage - go have a pillow tantrum, that's what I do. Calmly put her down somewhere safe and go and scream and punch a pillow, truely satisfying! I was talking to another mum of a non sleeper and she was saying she loved her amby hammock as when bub wouldn't settle you could bounce it was all your frustration and bub would just reverb gently (almost like a mummy control mechanism :-)

To be honest I have ummed and ahhed about this diet, it seemed like such a huge amount of work and I really couldn't be bothered, and I have broken down and got take away - and paid for it later. I went on an hour and a half shopping trip (obviously child free) and bought all failsafe foods so that I could just eat whatever and know it was safe. Dh has been fending for himself quite a bit and the kids and I have just been eating whatever - rice bubbles for lunch etc but it is working and tis weekend while DD was having her HUGE naps - which I have never had before I got lots of cooking done for tis week which helped a lot. Caffine was def a huge obsticle for me as I am still sleep depreved but it also a big trigger for Ari so i have been sharing her daytime naps with her the last few days rather then hit the coffee and softdrink.

Now I have rambled on, all the best