This afternoon I was lucky enough to have a bit of time of work, as I was due to look after Robert while Sara had a parent’s evening at work. So Robert and I decided to make the most of the good weather and spend some time in the garden. I thought it would be…
Category: Fatherhood
This is where you’ll find all of my posts about parenting, from advice to reviews, and plenty of head-scratching.
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – The Battle of The Loft Bed
The day had come. Rachel, my 8 year old daughter, was “upgrading” to a loft bed. Mainly because her tiny room would gain some much needed floor space for the various toys, stuffed animals, and whatnot that populate her room. It seemed like it would be a good opportunity for a “Daddy & Daughter Project”…
Fatherhood²: Cbeebies next show – “Sh!t Driver Dan Says”?
As somebody who works in online marketing, I spend most of my day connected to the many different social media sites that I work with in one way or another. But I don’t just use them during the working day, so I like to make sure – for instance – my Twitter feed is as…
Fatherhood²: 10 more great pre-school story books
A few weeks ago I posted a list of my 10 favourite pre-school story books, based on the ones that Robert likes to read on a regular basis. At the end I asked for some feedback on what classics I might have missed – and I got a LOT of comments with books I’d missed….
Fatherhood²: We interrupt our usual blogging to beg for votes…
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!)…
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…