At last I can see the light

As daytime slowly turns into night

Knowing bedtime is nearly here

When 3 hours have felt like a year

 

First comes dinner which was a chore

Chicken nuggets and chips galore!

But because I know all her little tricks

I threw on some extra carrot sticks…!

 

“I’m still hungry mum don’t you know?

…I could just fit in some haribo?”

“You can have a yoghurt instead of sweets”

(I really have to watch the treats)

Now she really has the hump

I’m left with a miserable grump

More coffee is needed to numb the pain

As she asks for sweets…yet again!

 

I give in after request number 3

And decide Haribos are good for me

They end the grating of a whining moan

And give me back a happy home!

 

Bath time now we’re nearly there

I just have to wash her hair

Could her scream be any shriller?!

The neighbours must think I’m trying to kill’er!

(Shampoo is clearly such a deadly potion

Whoever would dream of such a notion!)

 

 

One step closer to my TV

I hear the remote control calling me

“Please turn off Disney I implore you,do

I have other channels on here too!”

 

As time for bed has now passed

The excuses are coming thick and fast

I need a drink, I’ve cut my thumb

Can I have a plaster Mum?

I just need to find my bear

I left him sitting over there…

My feet are cold can I wear my slippers?

I really want some chicken dippers…

(I’ve learnt in time these pleas are fake

The chicken dippers I do not bake!)

 

At last we make it up to bed

Time to rest her sleepy head

Story book ready for us both to see

But alas, she wants to read to me.

…1 hour later we are 4 pages in

And I could kill for a large gin!

 

Finally she is fast asleep

When through her door I quietly peep

I maybe one knackered Mum

But the bedtime battle I’ve clearly won!