Cheek

Today we'll find out if Little Clifford is a boy or a girl.  Acutally we already know to a 95% degree of certainty because the obstetrician has an ultrasound machine in his rooms, but this will be the proper scan where they count organs etc and which will give an even more definitive prediction. 

Alice, who seems to have been watching Eastenders on the side, has told us that she thinks it is a "little gel" and alternates between whether she is going to be a "big brother" or a "big sister".  We're working on the idea that it is the baby's sex which is up for discussion, not hers.  I do think that it will be nice for her (and us) to know either way and also the concept that the surprise gets you through labour was such a misnoma for me.  Frankly getting through labour was what I concentrated on - I couldn't have cared less whether Alice was going to be a girl or a boy at that point.

But I digress.  I have always thought that if we had a boy he'd be just like Stuart, but actually, he already has a little alter ego in the house.  Alice has enough cheek to cover us for whether or not there is a little brother in the household

Last night she wouldn't go to sleep - not really playing up, just chatting until just before 9pm.  I couldn't hear Masterchef properly so went in to tell her to pipe down.  "It's so late that Mummy should be in bed", I said, to encourage her to settle down.  "Mummy needs to go on the step then" was her retort.