A method to Britney's madness?

<--- She's well on her way to looking like that again, she seems mentally stable again, and she guest starred twice on How I Met Your Mother. So when we reported a couple of weeks ago that Britney Spears let Kevin Federline have sole custody of her kids Sean Preston and Jayden James, we were shocked! But it turns out there may be a method to her madness...

Back in January when she was hospitalized for being a hot mess, her father was given control of her estate (and pretty much her well-being). He was given the right to manage her money, control who visited her, and do everything he could to nurse her back to health.

Turns out that whole agreement is set to end as early as today, but there's rumors saying they may extend it to the fall. It's not that Britney's done anything wrong to cause it, but they figure "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." So far the arrangement has worked out well for Brit, so why not keep it going?

Here's the deal -- Britney is planning on shooting for joint custody of her and K-Fed's two kids once the agreement is over, so now it makes a lot more sense for her to give him sole custody. It makes her look better.

And I'm officially back on the Britney bandwagon.