Picture this: your phone beeps. It’s a text reminder to book a dentist appointment – but it’s not for you… It’s for your kids (cue dramatic music). Unless your kids are sent from heaven and love going to the dentist alongside eating broccoli, you’ll see the issue here. This is because most kids don’t like…
Tag: Guest Post
Family Camping for beginners – What are your essentials?
In the process of researching for this latest series of posts, I’ve been reaching out to other camping bloggers to get hints and tips from them. One of the most helpful has been Naomi from the TentSniffer blog – go check her out if you haven’t already. Naomi writes a lot about camping in general,…
Guest Post – How To Remove Bugs From Your Car
It’s reassuring to find a decent auto shop that will help you with all your problems, no matter how big or small. If you haven’t found yourself one yet then click here; you need to have the number handy in case you ever have any issues! However, one of the things that auto shops are…
Guest Post – Try on the sorting hat to find out your Hogwarts house
Try on the sorting hat to find out your Hogwarts house A key part of the Hogwarts experience is discovering which house you belong to. For students, that’s done by wearing the Sorting Hat in a ceremony in the Great Hall on their inaugural night at the school. While you can’t actually try on the…
Guest Post – Could you save money booking family holidays last-minute?
I’m sure you’ve heard it said before – ‘book your family holiday as far in advance as possible to get the best deal’ – but is this always true? If you’re busy planning your summer getaway a whole year in advance, you may be missing out on some of the cheapest holiday deals around. The…
Fatherhood: Guest Post – And then there were 4
I don’t write about my children often. I love sharing pictures and amusing stories, but when it comes to anything serious I was always conscious of coming across as one of those people who either never shuts up about their kids, or would imply that a certain method of parenting is better than another. But…
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – Hey Howdy Hey from Big Boned Biker
So I have been given the privilege of writing a guest post for this blog… let me start by telling you who I am! I’ll set the scene first: it was a dark stormy night… well no it wasn’t but it would be more interesting. My story begins in March of 2012, when I found…
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – The Real Purpose of Ante Natal Classes
Stage 1. Conception. Stage 2. Back up required – in the form of information and people. Stage 3 – booking an ante natal class. Knocked up? Bun in oven? Don’t know the difference between pethidine and methadone? Confused by the amount of words in your baby book beginning with “Con2? Conception? Contraction? Condescending? Only ever…
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 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…