“That had almost finished.” I said.

“Well if you’re good girls you can watch it again before bedtime tomorrow.” she said.

“Oh…

don’t call us girls.” Peter moaned.

“Sorry, princesses.” mum replied.

“If you’re good little princesses and go straight to bed,

I’ll let you watch it again tomorrow.”

“I don’t wanna watch that ever again.” Peter said defiantly.

Mum ignored him.

“Now…

do either of you need a clean nappy before bed?”

I didn’t reply.

Neither did my brother.

But our faces must have said it all.

Mum took us to the bathroom where we removed our nighties and hung them neatly on the radiator,

then our over knickers and rubber knickers.

Mum told us where the perforations were and we ripped them apart and placed the nappy,

along with the rubber knickers in a lidded bucket.

Then mum showed us how to clean ourselves with ‘baby’ wipes, how to apply our own dusting of talc,

before showing us where our nappies were kept.