Story time at our house is often a source of inspiration for my blog. The other night was no exception! With bath time done and dusted, we sat down to read the usual stories before bedding down for the night. Rather than pick one of the more ‘modern’ offerings on the shelf, Freddie opted for…
Category: Fatherhood
This is where you’ll find all of my posts about parenting, from advice to reviews, and plenty of head-scratching.
Fatherhood²: Cleaning out the Closet – Out with the Old…
With the realisation that we are probably not going to have another child – at least not any time soon – comes the decision that we probably needed to clear out our attic of all the baby accouterments we’ve been storing there for the past few years. Now I’m not going to pretend the decision…
Fatherhood²: It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Time for an admission: I’m one of those annoying people who starts getting excited about Christmas around the start of November. Actually, that’s not strictly true: I actually start getting excited about it around the end of August, but I try not to vocalise this excitement until slightly later in the year, lest I make…
Fatherhood²: A (Trick or) Treat from HP for Hallowe’en
When the lovely people at HP emailed to ask if I’d like to treat myself to a test-drive of one of their Pavilion x360 laptops, I naturally assumed it was actually a trick (Look at me – I got a hallowe’en joke in the very first line of this post – impressed?!). Upon further inquiry,…
Fatherhood²: The Clothes Pose that he Chose
The lovely people at House of Fraser recently wrote to me to ask if I’d like to pick some clothes out for the kids, from their latest collection. They’re apparently doing a project called ‘Dressed by Dad’ (sounds like a recipe for disaster, if my own dress sense is anything to go by!) and let…
Fatherhood²: An Ode to Sleep-deprived Parents
One of my friends shared this on Facebook, and it made me howl with laughter so I had to share it here. Apparently the Sydney Symphony and Sydney Choirs Orchestra decided to record their own rendition of ‘O Fortuna’, with some very parent-friendly new lyrics by Matthew Hodge. “O You Terror.” Click the video below…
Fatherhood²: Huggies Think us Dads are Lazy
According to “research” released today, a large proportion of fathers pretend to be asleep when their child cries during the night. To summarise what is essentially a press release for a nappy company, dads are arse holes who leave the serious stuff to mum. Let me caveat this post by saying that, as a marketer…
Fatherhood²: Funny Dads. What a bunch of Jokers.
I’ve never professed to being a parenting expert – far from it in fact. Despite the fact that I run a blog about being a dad, most of you will know by now that I’m just muddling my way through like the rest of them. One thing I HAVE learnt in my 6+ years as…
Fatherhood²: A Sudden Attack of the Clings
I know you aren’t supposed to compare your children to each other, and you certainly aren’t supposed to put them in boxes (well, not without air-holes anyway!) – but sometimes it’s hard not to categorise them. For instance, I think anyone who knows my children would be hard-pressed not to notice that my eldest is…
Fatherhood²: An Open Letter to Lego – You CAN Choose Your Friends
Dear Lego I’m writing you this letter because I’m worried about you. I think you might be hanging around with the wrong people, and I’m concerned that nobody else is telling you this – or at least getting through to you. Let me start off by saying this: I love you, Lego. We go back…