It's been a busy period for George Darwin. For the past two weekends he has been in mountain resorts, where he got dragged around a lot on various sledges and sometimes got tipped upside down (by mistake, of course. Please do not report his mum and dad for human rights abuses). We went on a long toboggan run in Mürren but every time we braked with our feet, poor George got a face full of ice. He didn't seem to appreciate it that much. I wonder why.

Then there was the sleep problem. Thin air at 2 thousand metres. Sharing the bedroom with noisy parents, who ate smelly burgers as soon as George had got his head down. The third night in another hotel was much better as baby got his own room to kip in.

He got to play with his four year old mate, Alexander Hieber-Girardet, whose sister, Elisa, and mum, Lori, were also present. Marion from Berlin, who is godmother to George and Alexander, also came along for the ride so it was a bit of a party.

March 7th 2005 was a memorable day for two reasons. First it was nanny Hunt's birthday. Hoorah. Second - George did his first potty poo. Hoorah again. Jin was very proud of him and mummy is very proud of Jin for having so much patience with her charge.

We are looking for a new au pair as Jin is leaving us (sniff). Signed up for an international au pair network. Meeting a local Portuguese woman tonight. The wheels are rolling.