Katie Quickie

Katie is almost walking and talking. She stumbles between chairs and tables and walls. She mumbles her own language constantly. And she loves prunes.

She is full of bruises from her constant bumping into various objects. I can't work out if this is because her little body is growing faster that her brain's software can update her internal body map or because she's a slow learner.

She's also sleeping through the night now, even though she's still pretty snotty. And she goes down without the boob. This has caused mixed feelings for the Minister of Environmental Affairs, whose new-found freedom now carries the burden of wondering if she is redundant.

Parenting is a confusing, funny, shocking, roller coaster exercise. All I know for sure right now, is it's fun and Katie loves prunes.