Kaz i think Harper's 'witching hour' has a lot to do with overtiredness/over stimulated but then again she slept so well yesterday... So i don't know. Maybe once you have half an hour of the unsettledness it's hard for them to calm themselves and relax!? I don't have the wonder weeks book, you'll have to keep us informed of when they are and what to expect.

As for keeping the boys occupied... When we get up and the tv is pretty much turned on but that is to distract them while i prepare breakfast. They tend to find something and start playing with it also so then the tv is just something that is in the background. Charlie doesn't take much notice of it but Aidan switches between toys and tv/dvd. When Charlie came along I did feel a lot of guilt about how much time Aidan spent in front of the tv it but it's one of those 'if it works' things. In this weather the boys can play outside so again they kind of switch between in and out. When the tv is on and i have a moment to sit i try and sit with them and talk about what's on, what they are watching, what they are doing, colours shapes things like that. We pretty much only watch ABC 1 or 2 and dvd's. If the tv is on and they boys aren't around i turn it off to try and have some no tv time. Aidan sometimes helps me make dinner or bake something and will often ask me to help with things like build some tracks for Thomas the Tank or craft. We have managed to accumalate two big drawers full of craft stuff and i save some boxes and they cut and paste sometimes. They can be pretty demanding at times because when they were at day care they'd do so much interesting stuff i find i struggled to be able to occupy them with interesting stuff at times. One thing Aidan and I would do together was sometimes look on the ABC for kids website but he really doesn't know how to use the computer that well. We sometimes go for a walk to the park just down the road. That is what's happening now for the school holidays, once they are over there are few daily activities that keep us a bit busier. Charlie boy just wanders and is in his own little world, he actually occupies himself quite well and he also has a 2 hour sleep each day still. We bath every second day depending on how dirty they are and that is usually about 4:30ish and then have dinner about 5:30ish and then bed between 6:30 and 7:30pm. Hope that helps a little Kaz.