Every so often, I (as I’m sure you do too) get sent a link to a list of funny “Parenting Fail” pictures – or occasionally, an email with a stream of them in. Rather than making my own pseudo-list though, I thought I’d just point you towards some of the best lists I’ve seen so…
Category: Fatherhood
This is where you’ll find all of my posts about parenting, from advice to reviews, and plenty of head-scratching.
Fatherhood²: Robert’s First Week at Pre-school
As I blogged about a couple of weeks ago, this month has seen Robert finally making his way in to the big bad world of education, starting full-time (well, if you can call mornings-only “full time” – I guess that’s part time actually…) pre-school. At the end of his first full week of pre-school, I’m…
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – Married to the Military
Note: Whilst I usually like to include a short bio at the end of guest posts, this writer wanted to remain anonymous – preferring to be known simply as “Marine Wife”. It’s such a good read, I didn’t mind going with that at all. So without further ado, here’s Marine Wife’s story – which I…
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – Why a fish does, in fact, need a bicycle
I remember as a child going to the fun fair that visited our north London suburb for a week every year. Being an adventurous kid I always played the hook a duck stand and for my stirling efforts won: a goldfish in a plastic bag! Not much of a prize, but to be fair not…
Fatherhood²: Robert cheats death; Daddy nearly dies of shock
In the week where the most stress-inducing event was supposed to be Robert’s first day at pre-school, the little tyke decided to dice with death on Saturday, taking me closer to a heart attack than I ever want to come. On Saturday morning, Robert, Freddie and I were making our way in to town to…
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – Return to normality?
Getting back into a routine after the summer holidays While many parents will be glad that we are now back into the school routine as September gets under way, there can be a few teething troubles to get over during the first few weeks back at school. And not just for kids! Now that the…
Fatherhood²: Prepare the Kleenex! My Little Boy is all Grown Up
Well, more grown up than he was, anyway! Yes, the time has come when Robert will soon be leaving the clutch of our family for a large part of his day, as he starts his first pre-school next week. I doubt I’ll garner much sympathy here, as the realities of modern life mean that most…
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – My Mother Superiority Complex, or How I Learned to Let Go and Let Dad
“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does, and that is his.” — Oscar Wilde (The Importance of Being Earnest) In October 2004, when our son Evan was 9 months old, we packed our things, and moved out of the small university town my husband Andrew and I called home…
Fatherhood²: To the Hospital We Will Go… aka “I feel so tongue-tied”
Today was a first for the Elliss family – or at least the latest generation of them. Today was the first day we had to take one of the boys to a hospital (for anything except a visit – or their birth, obviously). Ever since Freddie was born, we’ve known he suffers from “tongue tie”…
Fatherhood²: Calling All Parents – This Blog Needs YOU!
When I first started this blog (or more accurately, started using it to talk about fatherhood) I actively sought out some other fellow fathers to supply Guest posts every once in a while – something which I had some success with (as you can see if you click “Guest Post” in the category menu on…