‘Sleeping like a baby’ can mean all night long

PEOPLE are frequently lying awake at night, tossing and turning over fears that their five figure salaries may be lost in the current recession – but for others their insomnia is down to just a few pounds.

According to a survey by pregnancy and parenting website Rollercoaster.ie and Pampers, 31% of new parents survive on fewer than six hours’ sleep a night.

According to the survey, the piercing shrieks which rouse the zombified parents from their hard-earned rest is the biggest challenge of early child-rearing.