A couple of weeks ago I posted a blog about the dying art of reading to your child at bedtime – and briefly mentioned at the end that telephone giant ‘Talk Talk’ were running a competition to encourage people to showcase their bedtime-reading skills… Well, I finally (and just in time – entries close tomorrow!)…
Author: Henry Elliss
Fatherhood²: Baby purchases I can get behind
A couple of weeks ago necessary I did a post about baby gadgets which might not be necessary (in my opinion). To even things up, I thought I should do a quick follow-up focusing on the positives – some of the baby gadgets (or STUFF) which I’d definitely recommend getting. Obviously no gadgets or accessories…
Fatherhood²: 10 Great Songs about Fatherhood
As somebody who has always enjoyed listening to music and finding out the story behind them, fatherhood has presented me with lots of great songs to listen to on a theme I’m now very familiar with. So, I thought I’d list some of my favourites… In no particular order, and with YouTube videos where I…
Fatherhood²: The dying art of bedtime stories
If you read my “10 favourite pre-school story books” post, you’ll know I’m a big fan of reading Robert his bedtime story every night – it’s one of the few consistent times in our day-to-day activities, as well as being a great developmental aid for him. So, I was very dismayed to read some recent…
Fatherhood²: Baby gadgets aren’t always baby good-gets
As a total gadget-loving dad, I relished parenthood as a good opportunity to stock up on new gadgets, tools, widgets and generally things with plugs on them. One of the few books I bought on the subject of parenthood was The Bloke’s Guide To Baby Gadgets – a fun read, though possibly not one I’d…
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – Thoughts on the arrival of baby no. 3
Historians will be pleased to know that I kept a record of events leading up to the birth of our first two children in the form of a baby diary that I used to publish on a long forgotten family website. As these were written seven and five years ago respectively, reading them again gave…
Fatherhood²: On the baby’s knuckle or the baby’s knee…
If you read my last post, you’ll know that we recently had the 20-week scan for our unborn child – the scan where the midwives offer you the chance to know the sex of your unborn child. Well, at least SOME of them do – depending on the policy of your health authority, some don’t…
Fatherhood²: 20 Week Scan – It’s a…
Fatherhood²: My 10 favourite pre-school story books
As a father, one of the most regular ‘slots’ where I get to spend quality time with my son (especially during the week) is at bedtime – subsequently, I’ve probably read about 90% of the bedtime stories in his short life so far. Therefore, I’d consider myself reasonably well qualified to recommend a few good…
Fatherhood²: I love The Octonauts, but…
Following on from my slightly contentious post about ‘Rastamouse’, I thought I should provide some balance by writing a little about one of the best things Cbeebies currently has to offer, namely Octonauts… However, in order to stop myself from turning in to a jibbering blob of unbridled enthusiasm, I wanted to focus on the…