Loads of engaging indoor activities for toddlers, including playing with balls, crafting toys, reading books, and dancing, helping to alleviate boredom.
11 great indoor games to play with your toddler
Category: The life of a Dad
My first experiences as a Dad
What makes me proud?
About a year ago I found myself in a desperate position. Things at work had taken a serious turn for the worse and I found myself in a position where I felt I had no choice but to find a new career. After a couple of weeks of tentatively applying for a various positions that … Continue reading What makes me proud?
15 things I wish I knew before becoming a Dad
Those who have read my earlier posts will know I began my parenting journey as a completely clueless intern. Looking back now that my son is older, I realize just how much I had to learn on the job. I would happily swap my three years studying philosophy for a practical course on bringing up … Continue reading 15 things I wish I knew before becoming a Dad
How much screen time is bad for toddlers?
I’m sure I’m not the only one spending a little more time at home these days. With the world evolving fast and with more tools than ever available online, we often find ourselves spending whole days sat at home. This inevitably can lead to a increase in screen time for toddlers. There is also a … Continue reading How much screen time is bad for toddlers?
Social media, let’s be kind
Social media gives us great power, how we chose to use this power can make a difference to the lives of those we may never even meet.
Breastfeeding VS Fed is best- A Dad’s view
The internet is full of advice and views on breastfeeding, though very few of these will have been written by a man, so I know this is risky! For those of you that follow my blog regularly this post may come as a little bit of a surprise. If my usual humour and stories about … Continue reading Breastfeeding VS Fed is best- A Dad’s view
My First Christmas as a Dad
The annoying jingles and pointless decorations start earlier each year. Radio stations seem to be instructed to only play some of the worst music ever created whilst the TV companies give up on making any new material and just play re-runs of old films that were not great the first 500 times. Yes, it must … Continue reading My First Christmas as a Dad
Taking my baby out for the first time
New born babies are strange little things. For all the constant attention they crave and the panic and chaos they create, they do not actually do very much at all. Robbie had now been with us for a couple of days. He had spent his life so far just laying around the house watching tv … Continue reading Taking my baby out for the first time
A perfect vision of Fatherhood
A short story about my first week of being a Father and how everything failed to go according to plan! From nappies to hospital runs and and how I coped with becoming a Dad.
21 great ways to entertain a toddler
A huge list of games, activities and a few cheeky tricks to keep your toddler happy and playing all day long.
Take me home
The weather has never been a friend of mine. Each major event in my life has been met with with catastrophic natural conditions as though the God of weather is playing a lifelong practical joke on me. Thunder clashed as I said my Wedding vowels, our honeymoon was spent locked in a hotel room to … Continue reading Take me home
A not very brave new world
The world had changed. I was Dad. As I held the little man that I had a very small part in creating for the first time, I knew that life would never be the same again. All I wanted was to get Robbie home and show him around his new house, hoping he would enjoy … Continue reading A not very brave new world
The day I became a Father
So we all remember that magical moment when you find out you are expecting your first child. The romance, the joy, that feeling of fulfilment. I was on my lunch break on a freezing cold day in December, munching on a double cheeseburger whilst walking back to work when the call came. THE WIFE flashed … Continue reading The day I became a Father