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…
Category: Guest Post
These posts have been contributed by other people – either fellow parents, friends or sometimes random other people
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: 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: 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: 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: Guest Post – Tips For Flying With Small Children
My wife and I have just come back from our first holiday aboard with our lovely toddler Izzy. She was just under two when she flew with us meaning that we only had to pay a small surcharge for her, but the consequence was that she had to share a seat with her mummy. Leading…
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – The Only Dad in the Park
We live in the 21st Century. Apparently we are modern, diverse and multi-cultural. Women can vote. Men use moisturizer. We certainly don’t confirm to the patriarchal norms laid down by our unenlightened pre-historic forefathers. I went to the park with my two young sons today after collecting them from school. It was a beautiful sunny…
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: 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…
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – NCT? Of course not.
We are five weeks from Due Date and we are not doing NCT classes. Yes, that’s right, we are not doing NCT classes (cue: look of horror flashing across all parents’ faces). We signed up twice. And unsigned ourselves twice. Why? A few reasons. We’ve not heard glowing reviews about the content of an NCT…