A blog about being a pretty average dad… and stuff (formerly Henry's Blog)
If you haven’t been keeping up with the news today, you may have missed one of the stories which has been causing a stir. Here’s the ‘in a nutshell’ version – but if you want to know more before reading my argument, the BBC have a very good take on it here. Doctors at Sheffield…
Back in June 2011, just one week before Freddie was born, I wrote a post about the curious subject of “VBAC” – aka “Vaginal Birth After Caesarian. If you didn’t read it back then, you might like to quickly now before I go on, as things have taken an interesting turn this week: Fatherhood²: “VBAC…
For those that haven’t been following the news, new legislation came in to force yesterday (in the UK) which changes the way parents can use maternity/paternity leave. The new rules, devised by the last Government and held up by the current one, mean that fathers can now share a portion of the mother’s maternity leave…
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…