"It was quite long and snouty, a bit like a womble", this description is simply fantastic! ^_^
You have to know that when my daughter was a little one and I worked in the office, usually I took her to the nursery before to go to work (my ffice was close to the nursery) and my mother (housewife) get her back at home in the afternoon. Sometimes, when I was free to work, I I get her back from nursery and a mother said me "Are you the mom? I've always thought thet your mom was the mom of the little one because I've always see her at this hour!". My reply was " You have to say that I have a job, I don't spend all my time to clean my house watching telenovelas!" . I was 23 years old. Sometimes I was not able to have patience :P