It gets worse before it gets better….

I don’t know about you, but I have never thought having children was an unmixed blessing. Forgive the double negative there, but it is a very un-PC thought and I wanted to spare Daily Mail readers the pain of the horrid truth.

Magnus has been with me for a while now. I have in fact lost count of how long, because I can’t remember what it was like without him. I had a pleasantly balanced bachelor life which I can only dream about now.

Tak the contents of my fridge, for instance. Time was when it might contain soya milk, the makings of a salad, and a half empty bottle of champagne with a spoon in the neck.

Now, though…