Long ago, before I turned by blogging efforts towards the subject of fatherhood, I had a number of other blogs – most of which can be viewed in the categories to the left, if you’re interested. One of them, entitled “Our First Flat”, was a chronicle of the efforts we made on our house when…
Category: Fatherhood
This is where you’ll find all of my posts about parenting, from advice to reviews, and plenty of head-scratching.
Fatherhood²: How Tricky is it Taking a 5-week-old Baby on Holiday?
Having just returned from a week’s holiday with our family, I thought I’d share a few my thoughts on travelling with a very small baby. I’m by no-means the expert, but having been told that we were mad for even thinking of taking such a young child (just 5 weeks old on the day we…
Fatherhood²: Time for a Short Musical Interlude
Having returned from our first (4-person) family holiday together just yesterday, I’ve got a few blog posts up my proverbial sleeve. But as we’re currently knee-deep in washing and have a house full of bags, I wanted to post a short video taken on holiday. Robert’s rendition of the short rhyme “Piggy on the railway”,…
Fatherhood²: A family-friendly four-star hotel experience
Well, there’s a first time for everything – this is the first time I’ve ever written a blog post whilst on holiday! Thankfully, the experience I want to tell you about was SO good, I wanted to write a bit about it before I forget… This week, we’re down in Cornwall on a family holiday…
Fatherhood²: Once Upon a Time… Henry Decided to Write a Book!
Throughout my working life so far, I’ve been involved in writing – in one way or another. My first job was with a publishing company in Bath, where (amongst many other things) I often had to write film reviews and other content for their cinema magazines. At Tamar (only my second job, ten years later!)…
Fatherhood²: He’s Just a Big Baby!
Tomorrow will mark four weeks since baby Frederic was born, so I thought I’d post a quick “progress report” for the little chap. Well, that and the fact that I’ve not blogged for a few days and my sleep-deprived brain can’t think of an interesting topic. But it’ll be interesting for his grandparents, if nobody…
Fatherhood²: Hi-ho, Hi-ho, it’s Back to Work I Go…
Just a little over 3 weeks after little Frederic was born, today marks the last day of my paternity leave – a realisation which has made me rather sad this weekend. As I’ve said in past posts during these few weeks, I really appreciate the paternity leave we in the UK get – and especially…
Fatherhood²: I’m Andy, he’s Molly… which one of you wants to be Buzz Lightyear?
Yesterday was a big day for me as a father – or at least it was the start of a big process. I finally had an ‘Andy’ moment (As in Andy from Toy Story – or Toy Story 3 in particular) as I handed some of my toys down to Robert. Admittedly I’m a little…
Fatherhood²: Two Weeks In and it Could be Worse…
Two weeks ago today I became a father again for the second time – as you’ll doubtless know if you’ve found this post by any method other than a Google search. It’s been an interesting experience so far – well, by interesting I of course mean tiring – but it’s certainly giving me a lot…
Fatherhood²: The First of Many Worries as a Father of 2… Equality!
Now that we’re 10 days in to little Frederic’s life, the dust is beginning to settle and life is slowly getting back to normal. I say normal – I guess that could just be wishful thinking. We’re averaging about 5 hours sleep per night, spending most of our time in the house and mainly changing…