Hi,

first let me explain my situation, I have a 3 year old son who since he was born still wakes up 2-3 times a night and i am the one he needs to go back to sleep. most of the time just a pick up and cuddle and back in his bed and me back in mine.
i original was researching for dream recall as i could not recall any dreams then found this site. since 1st April i have been recording my dreams and my recall is about 3-4 dreams per night now, although most are very short poss due to poor sleep pattern.
i haven't found any good dream signs yet to help me.

i did have a lucid dream before i started my journal was so excited it ended straight away. i had my second a few nights a go and again was so excited i didn't want to loose it i kept doing RC's which made it last a little longer but as i spent most of my time doing RC's i didn't get to enjoy the dream but i hope i learnt from this. when i dream, the dreamscape or situation is so wrong i don't understand why i don't pick up on it and become lucid. i have also tried having apple juice, bananas, vitamins, peanut butter, mustard, chocolate before bed none of these have made any difference. i use my mobile phone which beeps every hour when i hear this i do a nose pinch i also do this when things seems a little strange, i also tell myself as i am going to sleep to have lucid dream or i will be aware i am dreaming.

is it common for me at this stage to have only had 2 short LD's? is my poor sleep pattern causing me to not have a LD? does anyone have any ideas for me at the stage i am at with good dream recall etc?

please don't suggest WILD or WBTB or similar as i can't do this in my situation

thanks for any help i receive.