Blueberry Blues

I would not recommend feeding Blueberries to a baby....particularly in a white robe.

It stains everything. No matter how careful you may be you will still ponder how the hell Blueberry got on your socks and inside the dog's ear. Try picking Blueberry out of a baby's nose. It doesn't work. So you have to leave it there and in public people think baby has had an accident or worse, been battered. No one would ever suspect a sweet jar of blueberry dessert.

Plus - Blueberries come out like they went in. Horror film, slow - motion horrific when you think a 6 month old can wiggle and jiggle like James Brown as you change the nappy. But even the sweetness of Blueberries will not take the sting out of teething. So far 2 teeth and counting. They are tiny but visible - if she grins against the low winter sun, with head upside down, as I hold her with my finger in her mouth feeling for signs of more...then the BITE. Followed by pure relief that only whisky could give but I dare not try. Needless to say 6 out of 7 nights a screaming Lucy ends up in our bed.

I have a friend who has just let me know she is about 4 months pregnant. She is currently having more than her fair share of morning sickness. I dare not tell her about the Blueberries and teething... not yet.

However the jiggling like Jimmo Brown as you attempt to change a dirty nappy really must be told.