When I first started getting cross easily, I put it down to exhaustion from not sleeping.  Then I wondered why I wasn’t sleeping and thought that maybe the rage and the insomnia were both being caused by the same thing.  Gill suggested that it might still be exhaustion.  Now Mum had suggested a thought as to why I’m not sleeping and I now think that the anger is caused by tiredness.  Not sure how I’m going to get sleeping though if this is the reason:

A few weeks ago Dh spent the night have horrific dreams - really upsetting.  Each time he woke, he said, he saw a figure in the doorway…not a sinister figure.  Eventually Dh woke me up to tell me about his dreams, in an attempt to take his mind off them.  I did as I automatically do every single time I wake and put my hand onto Cotton-tail’s tummy to see if she is breathing.  She wasn’t.  I screamed and grabbed Cotton-tail and gave her a shake.  She opened her eyes and grinned at me.  Dh and I spent the next hour crying, then playing with Cotton-tail, then helping her get back to sleep.  Dh had no more nightmares and the ‘figure’ had gone.  Was the figure Cotton-tail’s guardian angel?  I believe so.  I believe he was keeping Dh tossing and turning in his sleep to disturb Cotton-tail and keep her breathing. 

However, it does appear to be since that night that I haven’t been able to sleep, having only had a handful of nights when I can.  The nights I can sleep are getting slowly more frequent.  If that’s the reason, I guess I just have to be patient and wait until peaceful sleep returns to me as my subconcious gets more confident that Cotton-tail is safe.