Mum shares all the excuses her toddler gives for not going to sleep

Damn kids. Why won't you go to sleep when you tell them to?

Everyone knows toddlers can be a handful and a half, and even though parents have done all the work they need to do to get them to bed -- they're often coming up with crummy excuses to stay awake.

Rachel a.k.a. Mumma McD, behind the blog Toilets aren’t for Turtles, said she's experiencing intense sleep deprivation thanks to her energetic two-year-old son who just won't go to bed.

Rachel has posted all the reasons her boy makes for not wanting to get any shut eye, and we bet there are whole lot of parents out there who've heard the same cover-ups. Perhaps these toddlers are secretly sharing their tips to staying awake?

Reasons include the blanket is too hot, they're too cold, they're sad about teddy who died (six months ago) -- or they need a wee, 10 minutes after they already did one.

Here are a few of our favourite reasons her son gives for keeping his eyes open at all hours:

2. He is too cold. He needs more covers. But not those covers. Different covers. Ones that we don’t own. Let's go to the shop and buy new covers.

7. He has the giggles and cannot stop laughing like a crazy little drunk person, then starts crying, also like a crazy little drunk person.

8. His t-shirt is too tight. He needs help removing it. However this results in a repeat of point 2.

15. Sleep BORING.

16. He NO WANT SLEEP.

22. He needs some more water. But not from that drink bottle. From a proper glass. With a green straw with blue and yellow stripes. With a dolphin on it. That he saw at the shop the other day.

25. He is hungry again. The muffin he left behind at the party on the weekend is the only possible snack that will satiate him.

30. It’s morning time mummy! (He was right, by this stage it was fucking morning – and he promptly fell asleep for two hours).

Ah, the joys of parenthood, where sleep takes a back seat for everyone. 

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