Why are night times so difficult?

[<3 Mumofthreetobe <3]

For the last few weeks I have had incredible trouble sleeping of a night. I can't get comfortable at all, I toss and turn, I get heartburn, I get hot flushes & haven't been sleeping for much more than an hour at a time and (TMI ALERT.............embarrassing but) the hemorrhoids I have developed seem to play up something shocking - but all this happens only of a night! If I try and nap during the day when DD is napping, I don't have these problems (which I often don't have time to do as that's when I tidy & get things done without a little one under foot). It's to the point I dread going to bed of a night even though my eyes are hanging out of my head. Has anyone else been going through the same thing? How have you overcome it? Please help. Somethings I have tried have been to have a nice warm shower before bed, using creams on the hemorrhoids and drinking plenty of water (don't even know if that would help... but does stop most of the leg/toe cramps I was getting), packing pillows around me everywhere, even sleeping elsewhere (ie in the lounge - don't know why but sometimes this helps me fall asleep for an hour or two).

What else can I try?

Thanks =)

[LuluHB]

I wish I had some advice. I've been struggling with nights the whole time but I've reached the point now where I spent half the night wandering around the house while everyone else sleeps, having warm showers at 2am, watching bad tv, and if I'm lucky dozing off on the couch. I avoided day naps for ages because I thought they were affecting my sleep at night but I've got to the point that my little nanna naps I can squeeze in while the girls are at school/kindy are the only real sleep I'm getting. You're so close now to the end that I would just sleep when your DD sleeps so you can build up your reserves a little, and just do whatever you can around the house while she's awake.

[~TT40~]

no real advice, but like Lulu said, you are so close now, maybe do just nap when you can. Apparently Witchhazel is good for roids, worth giving it a go? I also find icecream helps my heartburn - or atleast then the reflux doesn't burn. sorry, don't really have much else.