There are certain moments that you will look at your child and can’t help but blink incredulously at how fast time has flown by. You knew it would, you prepared for it, you thought.

It’s still a surprise, though. A surprise that’s often pleasant, sometimes sad, sometimes guilty.

Cherish every moment, they say, and you do… of course you do. But you will never really savour them enough, looking back. And I guess that’s just the trick that time plays on you.