In case you missed it earlier (though I can’t imagine HOW you missed it – isn’t EVERYONE watching Cbeebies at 7am?!), here’s some screenshots of Robert’s card that I made him on the Cbeebies “Birthday Time” segment this morning – thanks for showing it so well, Sid! You can watch it on iPlayer if you…
Category: Fatherhood
This is where you’ll find all of my posts about parenting, from advice to reviews, and plenty of head-scratching.
Fatherhood²: Embarrassing Your Child in Truly Spectacular Fashion
In the 6 months I’ve been writing blogs about fatherhood so far, I’ve resisted the temptation to write too much about anything outside of my own experiences – whilst I’d love to update this thing daily, I don’t want to just start rehashing other people’s stories, and I doubt it would make very interesting reading….
Fatherhood²: What Happens When You Let Kids Choose What to Wear…
I’ve been walking around all day with Superman!
Fatherhood²: A Social Media Lesson in Customer Service, aka How to Keep a Blogging Daddy Happy
With just under 4 weeks to go until Baby #2 is due, we’re entering in to the final stages of prep-work – washing baby clothes, assembling cots/moses baskets, digging out the baby cutlery, breast pumps, etc etc. Being the second baby makes things a lot easier in some respects – we’ve already got a lot…
Fatherhood²: I Know I’m a Cbeebies Dad Because…
Despite their brilliance, the official Cbeebies Facebook page only has a relatively small number of fans, so a lot of people might have missed the BRILLIANT list they posted a few weeks back… “You Know You’re a Cbeebies Dad When…” Take some time to have a read of it, but here are a few of…
Fatherhood²: Make a Man of my Son? No thanks.
Earlier this evening I spent some time doing something I often like to do – reading other fellow father’s blogs. One of the blogs I like to read on a regular basis is “A Family Runs Through it“, and today he re-ran a story called “Fear and Suffering” which reminded me of an experience I’d…
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – The Pleasure and Pain of a Shared Passion
Play well my son, for tonight you go to bed with no supper A wise sage, I think it was Superman, once said “The son becomes the father and the father becomes the son”. This historic bond between blood males has become the backbone of the family unit and when a shared passion unites them…
Fatherhood²: The Ultimate Father Quiz
I’ve been meaning to write a little quiz for a while now, and I’ve finally got round to it. I’m intending to add a few more rounds in the coming week, but since it’s firmly in the “just for fun” category I thought I’d post it up now to see how it goes down. Once…
Fatherhood²: A £50 Birthday Card For Your Son? Priceless, Apparently!
As I mentioned in a post earlier this week, I’ve been spending my evenings this week working on Robert’s birthday card. Not a card for me to give him on his birthday – no, this is (or so I thought) FAR more important than that. This is the card we’ve sent in to the BBC…
Fatherhood²: The Beginnings of a Masterpiece?
Today I finally started work on something I should have begun several weeks ago. I also reconstructed the Cot which had been gathering dust in the garage, in preparation for Baby #2’s imminent arrival. But that was nothing compared to my most important task – one which I’ve never undertaken before, and could make or…