Respite

Princess Mummy had a long lie in this morning.  Queen Mummy took Little Prince last night.  He loves going to stay with Queen Mummy.  Both Little Sister and Littlest Sister have double beds so when Little Prince grew out of the travel cot, he started just bunking up with one of them.

Both of his aunties are a lot more relaxed than Princess Mummy and Prince Daddy.  Little Prince goes to bed later, has a DVD on in bed (he doesn't have a tv in his room at home) and sleeps in later.  So a grand adventure for him but less fun for the long suffering Sisters who sit through an hour of Thomas the Tank (current obsession) then get woken twice during the night for "wee wees."  To be fair though, Little Prince hasn't wet the bed once since he gave up nappy-pants.

Oh, and Little Prince is also a shocking duvet hog who likes to sleep in the middle of the bed.  Can't imagine where he gets that from!

Party!

It’s all finally got on top of Princess Mummy. I haven’t been right since Little Prince’s birthday party on Saturday. Although I have taken my meds as normal, for some reason they are not as effective as usual.

I can’t even blame elevated stress levels. Queen Mummy hosted the party, catered and sorted out guests. All we had to do was attend and bring cake which we did with gusto.

Little Prince had worked himself into such a state of excitement about his party and turning three that he had physically made himself sick! He kept no food down all day and yet still managed to bounce around like Tigger on speed!

After wrestling him onto a bus and struggling to keep him calm throughout the journey, my good work was undone as we pulled up to the stop. Littlest sister had decorated the bus shelter with balloons and banners which set Little Tigger Prince off even more. So after physically restraining Little Prince while Littlest Sister undressed the bus stop, we bounced him to his Nanna’s where party food, presents, games and excitement wore him out.

A wonderful time was had by all, totally thanks to Queen Mummy’s effort-which is more impressive when you realise she is throwing a 30th birthday party on Sunday for Big Sister. So my sleep system won’t be back to normal for some time I think.