When they could go into their own room we literally stuck with it as much as we could. Obviously there are those nights when you feel really guilty because they’re crying. Or as a mum you know what is a real cry and what is just a bit of a cry for the sake of it with the tears turned on, so that’s how I got away with it. But you go back to the mum guilt and then you have to flip it into parenting - I personally think they sleep better in their own bed.
"Molly last night, because I hadn’t seen her all weekend, she said 'I want mummy snuggles and I want to sleep in mummy’s bed', so I gave her snuggles and we watched a little bit of Old McDonald and I told her it was time for bed and she was like “NO” and I said I’ll give you a mummy story and you go to bed and she said “OK”. And that’s a mum pride moment.
"I can feel guilty because also I think one night wouldn’t hurt, they grow up so quick but I have to look at it in the long term and I’m knackered as well and I’m thinking I’ve got all this stuff to do, so if she’s in my bed it’s going to disrupt me and my husband."
"Having me time, and if I don’t have that, that affects me and that will affect the kids. I like to be out and about doing things which makes me a better mum and a better wife.