I've got two small children, I work late and get up early, I have very little (or absolutely no) "me" time, and I'm so tired, I don't have the energy to get up at 6am for an hour long WBTB only to have to get up, what...45 minutes later?! I've been trying to lucid dream for months, since joining this site in December last year, but still no luck. And I think it's because I'm not trying hard enough. But how can I? Is there an easy (or easier) solution? I sometimes think I've gone beyond that point in my life where I can lucid dream. Oh, and when I wake up, I often wake up "quickly" because my youngest daughter wakes me up with crying or fussing...this kills dream recall!

If this helps anyone in giving advice:
I get up at around 7:30am when my daughters wake up. My wife is not good with mornings, so I take care of the girls until around 10am. From the time my wife wakes up to the time I go to work, there's either dishes to be done, bathrooms to be cleaned, or some other chore around the house. Sometimes I get out of the house and get groceries, or do small errands. And even when there is "down" time, I cannot nap for more than 10 or 15 minutes without my oldest daughter coming to wake me up. There have been a couple of times I got to sleep for an hour! Even then, my wife doesn't like me sleeping too long because she misses out on time with me then. So, how do you prepare for lucid dreaming when the schedule won't allow for it? Is there some other way?
In all fairness, I don't RC as often as I should. Not nearly as often. Would doing more RC's alone increase my chances of a LD? I wear a watch which beeps on the hour, but I often miss hearing the beep. And I pinch my nose as often as I think of it (when something "dreamlike" occurs).

I've even stopped dream journaling because I couldn't keep up with making entries. I'd voice record my dreams upon awakening, and find that I had three or more entries to type when I got around to doing it. My home life is just to crazy! Please give me some advice!