I have been where you are and can relate. I would try to tackle this on several fronts at once. This is what worked for me. 1. Visit your doctor and get something to help you sleep. You can't deal with this constructively until you get some rest. There are medicines that help you sleep but don't knock you out so much you can't help your kids in the middle of the night if they need it. If you are against a prescription, maybe try something natural like melatonin. 2. See if you can work your son's preschool to eliminate or limit his nap time there. He obviously doesn't need one. My daughter gave up her nap at 2 1/2. 3. Make it clear to your son that you mean business. Since the TV seems to be his thing, maybe place a jar in his room with say 2 tokens. Tell him each token is good for 1 tv show. Each time you have to ask him to be quiet he loses a token. If he loses all tokens, he get no tv whatsoever that day. Make sure you never give in and let him watch despite losing tokens or they will become meaningless. If all else fails, put the tv in the garage and start taking away toys until he sees reason. Most of all, don't threaten consequences, start actually dealing them out. When your daughter sees there is no payoff to the morning wake up, she will start to come around too. It will be an ugly week or so, but eventually you should be able to get some sleep.

Hi petunia bud. I googled spring horse parts, and got a thread in which someone said she got new springs at home depot! Maybe there is some big spring used in construction that works! Don't know if she had the same horse as you... There were lots of links to follow, suggest you try it. Good luck. kathy

We did go with Ikea, the expedit. I LOVE them! I keep bugging DH to go back and get a couple more for our basement. I think they are great storage. I did think about using some of my DR furniture for storage and keeping it, but I just didn't think it would work for me. There are doors they make for the Expedits and some people paint them. There are amazing pics all over pinterest. I saved some to my playroom board and have it linked below, but there are so many good ideas. Here is a link that might be useful: Playroom pics

I have a small basket of appropriate play things for kids that are past the "put everything in their mouth" stage. Also a large basket of toys for the granddog. And in the no tv allowed family room is a table with a world globe on it along with a couple small puzzle type mind benders and games for individual play for adults or older kids. In a small basket on a sofa table in that same room there are a few more small hold in one hand type mind bender puzzles. Any repeat visitors know where to find entertainment. These are the same type "toys" that I grew up having around the house. My personal toy box, so to speak, was a very elaborate doll house that sat on a child sized table to the left of the front door. When the door was open, (there was a storm door also) the messy doll house and table that had all kinds of my treasures stuffed under it was hidden from view. But when the door was closed it was totally exposed for anyone that came in the house to see. Mom was constantly after me to tidy up!