Growing up

You know your 'baby' is growing up when:

-he insists on dressing himself

-he tells you who he's going to marry

-his feet outgrow shoes at a rate of knots

-he's barely out of preschool and he's already up to my shoulder

-he patronisingly explains that he knows more than me on many subjects, predominantly involving dinosaurs

-he copes admirably with being separated from his Prep friends as he moves up through the school ranks

Despite all this, he's never too old for daily cuddles and squishes, which I...