Taking a Breather (well kinda)

It's been fairly low key here since our Wales/Edinburgh holiday. Firstly the girls were tired from travelling followed by the back to school routine. Secondly though is our attempt to become a nappy-free household.

If you've read this blog before you'll know that we have tried several times with Ella with not a hint of a dry night. So after a visit to the bladder physio late last year we knew we'd be going down the alarm route. However she suggested not to start this process until after first term of school as most children find it all too much.

Fast forward to the night of Katy's birthday. We'd recovered enough from jet lag, the various rounds of british germs and had no travelling plans for 2 weeks so we could embark on the road of interrupted sleep (once again!)

Katy was in pj's with her caterpillar sheet under her, while Ella had her alarm between her undies and dry night (saving on the washing). The alarm is loud and went off at 2am. Ella was sitting up slightly confused by the time I'd gotten to her. It took her a few seconds to turn off the alarm herself before heading to the toilet. I must say the beauty of this alarm system is that it detects moisture VERY quickly and infact her undies were only just a little wet! A quick change then straight back to sleep for Ella.

Meanwhile Katy had woken up to the alarm and although she was dry, I thought I'd take her to the toilet as well. However Katy unfortunately didn't go back to sleep as quickly....overall not too bad for the first night.

It's been 10 nights now. Katy has been sailing through with 8 dry nights. To be honest she could have come out of night nappies over 6 months ago but refused to because Ella was still in them! Ella's alarm has sounded once most nights at around 2 - 3am. By the 8th night, she was fairly exhausted and combined with a late night out for dinner, we gave the alarm a rest.

Imagine everyone's surprise when we awoke the next morning to a dry Ella! It's been a long time coming and Ella was ecstatic to finally achieve a dry night and earned a £2 coin for doing so. We've still got a long way to go - the program says 21 consecutive dry nights and we can lose the alarm. Only 19 nights to go......