Travelling with a toddler is one of those things that sounds like a great idea… right up until you’re halfway through it wondering why you didn’t just stay at home with snacks and CBeebies. But here’s the thing, going on holiday with a toddler can actually be incredible. Not in a peaceful, relaxing, “lie by the … Continue reading Complete Guide To Travelling with a Toddler
Many dads struggle with getting detailed responses from their kids after school. Asking specific, playful questions can encourage conversation and foster connection.
Bonding with toddlers is about simple, everyday interactions rather than grand gestures, focusing on quality time and fun activities together.
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
Today the unthinkable happened. My beautiful and extremely charitable wife had a little trim in order to donate the hair to The Little Princess Trust (LPT). Why is this worth a write up on a parenting blog? Well first let me tell you a little about the fantastic work that The LPT do, then I’ll … Continue reading Hair today, gone tomorrow
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 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.
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
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
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