While DS2 was unwell it became very easy for me to turn on Iggle Piggle ... he is now addicted to the telly. To the point that as soon as he wakes up he says "telly".

I think your daughter is completely normal.... well, if she isn't then my little man is also "not normal".

I think she's just two and (as has been said here) hitting developmental milestones. DS2 has had days on end of just being miserable then suddenly I get my happy little boy back. We all have "those" days so doesn't it seem perfectly normal that toddlers would too?

If it's a cruddy day out and we are at home I avoid the loungeroom (where the telly is). I let him drag out everything - hey, I can always put it away when he's gone to bed. When it's time for a rest (and I know I won't get a proper sleep out of him in his bed) I put a mattress on the floor and he watches Iggle Piggle (or Mary Poppins) and he's usually asleep within 20 minutes.

When the weather is nice I like to divide up his time with playing outside - the fresh air makes the daytime sleeps so much better!

I think we all watch too much tv in our house so I try to make more of an effort to do other things such as play boardgames and put some music on. If he's nagging about the telly I just deflect until I can't anymore. But...

Honestly - if I'm feeling like crap (which I was last week) then really, I mean really??? am I going to ruin a two year old by letting him watch telly until his eyes glaze over so I can get some much-needed rest on the couch?

And about the IVF miracle thing - pfft! - like someone else said: Just because our little bundles of joy were the result of IVF doesn't mean that we also can't get frustrated with them!