And so, after eight months, it was all change last Monday morning as Cath returned to work and Olivia was bundled off to her Grandma's for the day. In a rather ironic twist, Monday also saw Daddy felled with what we will courteously refer to as a 'tummy incident', believed to be the result of a dodgy dupiaza, and necessitating a day off work to recuperate.

Olivia seems to have adjusted with characteristic ease to the new regime, and while it was a massive wrench for Mummy, she's also coping well with the demands of not being able to watch Jeremy Kyle and Fern and Phillip every day.