first of all some thanks…
To everyone who has so eloquently assassinated the character of my mother…. thank you 
Jo - blimey, didn’t know you had a violent cell in your body dearest! I did think about insisted Aprilia was picked up but I thought that she would then have to suffer the backlash all day if I did that and to be honest if she doesn’t want to "grace" my home with her august presence then fine. Last time she came Aprilia was a few weeks old, not sleeping etc and her opening gambit was to run her hand on the door lintels and tut. I can live without that.
Nic - yes, it did seem rather ironic giving her a sugar donut after telling her she was fat! Then, aparently, later she tried to tell Aprilia that fruit juice was bad for her because of the sugar in it 
Aprilia and I discussed that particular one today in the context of 5 a day balanced with too much of a good thing can be not so good
Tim - ooh you are evil…. maybe I can roll her round in the dirt a bit next time….. And yes, you are right, I’d rather have her cuddly, happy and healthy than skinny and sad any day. I was thinking about it all last night and it struck me that I was on my first diet at about her age or perhaps just a year or two older. A doctor had made some comment about my size when I went to have a veruca frozen off so sent us off to see the dietician. She gave my mum a wodge of papers about healthy eating etc so she went out and bought "slender" stuff (the fore runner of the delightful SlimFast) adn I was on 2 milkshakes a day plus whatever the rest of the family were eating at tea time (fish fingers adn chips etc 
) until she got bored with it. Aparently the healthy eating was "too much messing about"
Jax - PARDON??? Big is SO not big!!!! she’s all tall and slender for goodness sake! Neither is Small for that matter.
Quote from Joan Collins on Parkinson “I never saw a thin person drinking Diet Coke”.
I really think that all dieting does is make people obsessed with food. Much better to just make sure your diet is reasonably varied and focus on exercise - then you can eat and drink what you like.
Comment by Tim — August 8, 2007 @ 9:22 pm
and as someone with a degree in nutrition, I agree with Tim! I’m finding that having bought a trampoline, I certainly don’t have to worry if they’re getting enough exercise any more! (Though admittedly expensive…)
Comment by Joanna — August 8, 2007 @ 10:18 pm
P.S. surprisingly, there is a violent streak to my nature!
Comment by Joanna — August 8, 2007 @ 10:19 pm