One week, 7 days......

It has been a bit of a warm week. It has been a long week. It has been a very trying week....'eck it has jus been one of THOSE weeks.

For a start, Munchkin who has been sleeping through the night since he was about 8 weeks old has been fussing at bedtime. We realise that we have been very lucky with him, we realise that good things always come to and end and we also realise that we are here to lay down the law. So back to controlled crying we went with, touchwood, favourable results. Now controlled crying is not everyone's cuppa tea. It works for some and not for others and it is NOT for the faint hearted.

Night one saw about 15 minutes of screaming, shouting and thumping before all was quiet. Night two saw the same except the drama went on for all of a minute. Tonight will be night three. We shall see. What touched me was the number of people that dropped me a line to say everything is going to be alright, the number of people that gave me the reassurance that we are doing the right thing and the number of people who got in touch just to say " I hear you, I feel your pain....been there done that and survived - and you will too!"

So to all my pillars of strength, partners in crime and fellow "cruel" parents.....thank you! Let's just hope that we aren't creating little monsters but rather nurturing little characters who know not to mess with mummy!