A rather tiring weekend for all as Bethany has not been in a good humour so before I finally go to bed a quick account. I returned from work Friday evening  where Alison said that she had been upset and took a long time to go to sleep, possibly as a consequence of being to nursery and then picked up by my parents before Alison returned from work so breaking her usual routine. I wasn't feeling particularly well with an upset stomach and could not drop off to sleep myself. Finally managing a couple of hours we were rushed out of bed by oversleeping and ran around to get ready before taking Alison to work luckily only a few minutes late. As Bethany was tired herself she was becoming increasingly grouchy after her tea and so I decided to set off a bit earlier to pick Ali up as she would not settle unless she was held up, not even allowing you to cuddle her whilst sat. My thinking had a two fold plan in that I know she is prone to fall asleep in the car seat, especially if she is already tired, and she was fighting sleep in my arms and also if I got there early enough I might catch forty winks myself depending on how quickly Ali's handover lasted. Thankfully we both had a nap - Bethany from just after I left the Darlington bypass and myself half an hour outside James Cook waiting. Unfortunately Bethany wasn't as sleepy when we returned home and we were up until 3:30 in the morning before she went down. So now it's time for bed just in time to get up at 4:40 for earlies.