13 weird ways parents get children to sleep

Exhausted after Christmas and the new year? Are you craving a few more hours in bed? Are you a parent whose sleepless children are leaving you a sleep-starved wreck?

These days in early January are claimed as the darkest days for sleep deprivation.

The modern barometer for such moments - the number of Google searches - shows "child won't sleep" as reaching a worldwide peak of searches at this time of year.

You can just imagine those weary fingers tapping out the words, slumped over a mobile phone in the middle of the night, hoping for an answer.

New year zombies

Children are more wired than Maplin's shop window. They've been living on late nights, red-eyed computer games and party food and the chances of falling asleep are pretty much zero.=read more

At least they're cheap! Hilarious internet gallery reveals the weird (and sometimes very rude) thing people find in charity shops

People have shared photos of the weird and wonderful items they've found in charity shops from bondage teddy bears to underwear made for two people.

Flabbergasted shoppers have posted an array of bizarre and often very inappropriate games, figurines and novelty items that are being sold to raise money for worthy causes.

Among the photos, posted on Reddit, are a chair covered in embroidered cats, two provocatively posed pig salt and pepper shakers and a furry set of scales.

Other items include, former US President George Bush Snr and Barbara Bush slippers and a picture of Monica Lewinsky with a white substance on her top lip.

While one photo shows a red t-shirt, making reference to the OJ Simpson murder trial  in 1995, with the caption: 'Drink apple juice, because OJ will kill you.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5237317/Photos-reveals-weird-things-people-charity-shops.html#ixzz53Pe6QVcZ
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