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…
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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…
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – Fright Club
The first rule of fatherhood is: You don’t talk about fatherhood… OK, maybe not, but you could easily be forgiven for thinking so given the uneasy experience you’re likely to have as a first time parent attending pre-natal classes. It’s a curious thing. There you are, in a room full of other people in exactly…
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – Planning ahead, or not
I guess the one thing that I always come back to as a father is the question, “Where will we be in 12 months / 5 years / 10 years time”. The obvious offshoot to this guessing game is to envisage your children at certain milestones, Graduation… 21st birthday… first court appearance and the like….
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – Being a technodaddy has never been more fun
As an ‘IBMer’ my dad derived great pleasure from pitting his wits against complex techie challenges both at work and at home. He could often be found in the garage with a soldering iron and circuit boards or with transistors, resistors and microchips spread out on the kitchen table. Mum loves telling me how even…
Daddy blogging – who fancies a bit of a blog?
I posted something along these lines on Twitter yesterday – though obviously confined to the 140 character limit Twitter imposes… which, let’s face it, I’m amazed I ever manage to actually adhere to! I ramble, you see. But I suspect I’m making that point quite well now… Anyway, as I mentioned in the post below…