The children come out with fantastic things sometime so I will try and get them down before they get forgotten.

The most recent was Morgan, talking to Ruaridh, about me...

"She used to be a woman, now she's a mummy."

Well thanks Morgan, that is truer than you know.

Morgan is a fussy eater. Hell no - he has an eating disorder. There I've said it. It has been going on for so long now that we accept it as normal for him - but to an outsider he is by no means a normal eater and it is a recent event that has made me do something about his problems.

Togged up..., originally uploaded by Martin Burns.

It's amazing how the time flies, but today is Morgan's 1st day at school. Wasn't he only just born the other day..? Seems like it.

Morgan's Preschool Report from his Nursery (which is attached to the Primary School). Can you believe he starts at real school in August..?

It had to happen. But we never expected it so soon. Morgan apparently has a girlfriend. The other week, he and his friend Molly spent about an hour sitting together, arm-in-arm, gazing into each other's eyes, in our local soft play centre. On the way home, Lucy asked Morgan about Molly, and he answered I really lo...like her.

Now yesterday, we were at the park, and so was Molly. When I called Morgan to go, he was sat apparently on her lap, with her arms round him on a wee roundabout, which was being pushed round by their mutual friend Maya.

Awww, bless.

Morgan and adventure Ted, originally uploaded by Pollianicus.

Morgan made a decision last night: today he will take his Teddy Higgins into preschool, carrying him in a sling. As long-standing sling users ourselves, we have a small size sling for Morgan so he can join in.

Morgan starts in P1 (ie 'real' school) in August. How long will our bright, enthusiastic, caring little boy feel confident taking a Teddy into school? How long until the Lord of the Flies society that is boys' peer pressure drums it into him that this is not cool, not hard and not acceptable? This is a precious, short window where he can behave as he wants to, not how his mates tell him he ought to.