Amongst the sleepless nights, endless feeds and nappy changes, we stumbled across this excellent local supplier of quality baby paraphernalia. A refreshing change from the usual high street suspects, Mother Care et al.

Arlo is now 18 days old. The Bugaboo Bea pushchair is working out well, yours truly has been getting his hands dirty with his share of nappy changes, Arlo’s birth has been registered, and the flow of visitors has finally reduced to a dull roar.

At 11:58GMT on Thursday our little boy was born by emergency cesarean at the Birmingham Women's hospital. He had been a bit distressed and wrapped up in his cord. He ways 4lb and measures 48 cm in length. So he is being observed on the special care baby unit 2 keep him warm for the first day or 2. Mother and baby are visiting each other regularly and should be reunited in the next few hours. We have named him Arlo David Williams. Arlo means fortified hill. Thanks to everyone for all your messages of support. We hope to eventually catch up with everyone individually. Cheers.