Heh heh, that could have been me. Though I can't really let the food go in our household, I am the crankiest of them all on low blood sugar. What I let go is all non-organic mess, and sometimes laundry. But, yes, I do say no a lot, I have to. It helps that our oldest is now very independent with seeking out knowledge, but my four year old is in an extreme reading aloud phase, so much so that my youngest will get between us physically because he wants to play. I make it all up as i go along. Starfall and science videos have saved me many a time, also Pocoyo videos - as English is not our first language, anything in English is educational for us!