This weekend saw another first. I took the children away for the weekend.
On my own. For the night.
I am not sure if I was being brave or just pushing my luck but in the end I have to conclude that it was a huge success. They are coping well in the car, the managed admirably with all the 'new' that they were faced with and they really showed how amazing they are.
My biggest concern was sleeping - we were all sharing a room and they both had new 'anti roll out' airbeds and sleeping bags and although I took as much familiar as I could from pjs and dressing gowns to pillows, toys and comforters it was still a risk that they would not sleep. I was also concerned that in sharing a room they would keep each other awake. I was worrying for nothing.
I made sure the beds were made so they could be tried out a lot earlier in the day and then kept their routine identical to when we are home. It worked a treat! They loved their special beds and slept reasonably well, all things considering. The person who didn't sleep was me! I couldn't bock out the snoring, snuffling, dummy noises nor the squeaking when they wriggled. Added to the driving and I was exhausted.
My last challenge of the weekend was to see what happened if they travelled ready for bed and then were put straight to bed when I arrived home, after hopefully sleeping in the car. It worked as well as I could have hoped - everything was a little bit earlier and I got home only half an hour after what should have been bed time and with only a minimal amount of fuss they were in bed, back asleep and happy as normal when they got up in the morning.
The next exciting event is smallest's birthday.
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