My girls have been at their dad’s over the weekend, so I picked them up from school at 5pm and made us all dinner at 5.30pm. We spend the rest of the evening hanging out together and at 7.30pm I get them ready for bed. I read them a story in bed at 8pm and my youngest falls asleep first, followed by my eldest daughter and me.

I woke up again at 9.15pm, so I was able to do a final clean of the kitchen before running myself a bath with Epsom salts and baking soda. I get to bed at 10.30pm.

Day 5

I wake up at 4.20am to go to the toilet and then go back to bed until my alarm wakes me at 5.20am. It’s really tough to get out of bed this morning, which means an early night is in store for me tonight – four nights of going to bed past 10.30pm is taking its toll on me. I record a yoga class and then start the day by getting the girls up, making breakfast, packing their lunch and sending them off to school.

The girls are at their dad’s this week, so I have dinner alone at 5.30pm. I spend my evening pottering about, listening to a podcast and reviewing my to-do list for work tomorrow. I go to bed at 9.30pm, which feels so good and I am extremely happy to crawl into bed under my weighted blanket, with the intention of getting back into my routine of being in bed at 9.45pm. I fall asleep quickly.

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