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It’s 3 a.m. I wake up. I can hear someone. I can hear someone in the house!

Someone is talking in the living room. Have I got anything in the bedroom I can bash a burglar with? The meanest thing I have is a copy of Cosmopolitan (green moustache drawn on front cover Cameron Diaz and all car adverts removed and stashed in mystery hiding place by Toddler.)

Now they are singing. Singing? It’s Ring Around the Rosie. What?

Oh. phew. I realize it’s one of toddler’s toys.

Does this drive you crazy too? The battery operated toys that have a mind of their own. I don’t mind them squeaking “Find the cow. Moo! Find the cow! Moo!” all by their little selves during the day, but it frightens the life out of me when they randomly start up at at 3 a.m. when my husband is away.

Toys with the batteries running out are usually the culprits. The solution is new batteries, just taking the batteries out, or even more effective, allowing Toddler to give them a bath. Works every time.

Tags: battery operated toys, failing batteries, noises in the night