Cupcakes, Crazy Dog and Insomnia

Today I felt really tired so had a quiet day at home with daughter and the toddler. OH came home quite early (around 5 pm) and son called in again as he had the day off. Daughter has been busy making cupcakes with the toddler for her Monopoly party tomorrow night. She wants me to go out while she entertains her boyfriend and some of their friends here. Would be nice to go out for a meal and a few drinks with OH, so I'm happy about this.

Daughter's Pretty Cupcakes

The dog is causing problems and I'm not sure what to do about it. Basically she is eating anything she can get hold of and it is making her sick every day. So far I have caught her eating grass, plant stems, leaves, flowers, mud, gravel stones, snails, bits of plastic and paper, cardboard, screws, a piece of render from the back wall, the list goes on .............  The trouble is she then vomits within half an hour of eating this and sometimes it is 2 or 3 times a day. Most of the time I can take it out of her mouth but not always  On the dog food front she won't eat very much at all, just dog biscuits and OUR FOOD. Wish we had never started giving her this as now! She waits until 11 pm at night before she will eat her dried food and needs persuading and hand feeding to encourage her. She will eat some of the small 'Gourmet' dog food but not always. I know she is not ill as I have kept her on a lead all day one day, and there was no sickness at all. Why not - she couldn't eat any foreign objects. I suppose I just have to hope she grows out of it, but will mention it to the vet on her next routine visit. Difficult dogs these cockapoos lol.

Perhaps I need a Teddy lol

Tonight I am going to try once again to go to bed earlier. My 2 am bedtime is leaving me feeling very drained and tired the next day, even though I am getting up quite late i.e. 9.30 - 10.00am. The problem is me being woken up by the toddler much earlier, and then not really getting back to sleep. I'm aiming for 1am tonight, and then hopefully will move bedtime back slowly towards midnight over the next few weeks. Have tried this several times over the past few years but with limited success. The late nights started when I worked in a Residential Care Unit for teenagers with problems, as after 11pm it was always very busy there until 2 or 3 am. This has meant my biological clock got used to being awake into the early hours over the 8+ years I worked there. Now, I don't feel actually tired until around 2 or 3 am anymore. At this late bedtime I fall asleep very easily, but if I go to bed earlier then I am usually awake for hours.

Bye for now All the best x