JODY Craddock insists sleepless nights and a fistful of nappies are helping keep his mind on the battle for survival.

The Craddock household witnessed the arrival of young Toby three weeks ago to wife Shelley.

Not the ideal preparation for a Premier League survival battle, you might have thought, but, strangely, the 34-year-old says all the upheaval at home is helping keep him focused.

“It’s been hard through the lack of sleep, but it’s a fantastic time in my life to have a new-born and another boy to add to the family,” he said.

“I’m a family man and it’s what I live for – to have a healthy family is all you can dream for.”

Tragically, the couple lost their four-month old first son Jake in 2002 and Craddock remains a firm supporter of the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths.

The arrival of Toby, to add to elder brothers Joseph and Luke, has given them much happiness and an extensive workload.

“It’s hard work because you’re up through the night and my eldest, Joseph, is ill at the moment with a stomach bug which makes it even harder,” said Craddock.

“So one of us is up all night with him and the other with Joseph, but it’s all worth it in the end.

“I change his nappies, wind him and feed him and he’s been pretty good.

“My hands are full with the boys as soon as I get home, but it’s a nice distraction and takes your mind off things.”

When Craddock’s mind isn’t fuddled with baby-talk, he is concentrating on doing all he can to aid Wolves’ quest to remain in the top flight.

“It’s a big task ahead of us but we’ve been working on it as much as we can without the lads who have been on international duty over the last two weeks,” he said.

First stop: the small matter of a trip to Stamford Bridge and the runaway league leaders, Chelsea today.

“It’s a big job, we’re underdogs, we’ve got nothing to lose and we’ve got to go for it because you never know, we may cause an upset,” says Craddock.

“If we get beat there, we’ll be disappointed because this team hates to lose games.

“We want to compete, make it difficult for them and get a result.”

Chelsea have scored 26 unanswered goals at the Bridge in all competitions since the opening day of the season, going a total of 14 hours and 32 minutes without conceding a goal.

Craddock admits it’s a tall ask for the Wolves defence but aims to make sure his own house remains in order.

“I need to concentrate on my game and make sure I’m sharp and winning my headers and tackles, rather than concentrate on thinking: ‘how am I going to stop them?’ and doing this and that.

“That’s all I’ve done in my career and it’s a method that’s worked for me, so hopefully it will continue to stand mein good stead.”