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Advice for new dads

Posted by on October 21, 2011 3 comments

A new baby can put a huge strain on any relationship. There’s the stress of doing lots of things for the first time, the lack of sleep, not to mention your partner’s haywire hormone levels changing. And while you’re at …

A baby and an ipad

Posted by on October 19, 2011 2 comments

The recent death of Apple founder Steve Jobs made me realise what a profound impact he had on the way we live. And now I have stumbled across a fantastic video that shows just how much Apple codes our minds …

Baby scribbles

Posted by on October 18, 2011 2 comments

Today I discovered that baby has managed to scribble pen over every page of a children’s library book so i thought it would be relevant to post a guest post from Sarah Morris about other, more structured ways, to encourage …

Brazilian samba dancing baby

Posted by on September 13, 2011 13 comments

I have joined the party late on this one, as 4 million people have already watched him on you tube, but this dancing baby is incredible. Tweet This Post

London Riots – A Dad’s View

Posted by on August 10, 2011 16 comments

It’s easy to condemn. It’s harder to try and understand. It’s easy, when we have money and jobs and people who love us, to label others as scum. But it’s more complicated than that. I made a documentary series on …

Single Parenting Dating

Posted by on July 26, 2011 No comments

One of my female friends has recently become single after a messy divorce and a recent chat with her made me realise how tricky dating as a single parent can be. “I think one of the main problems is women …

BBQ Challenge (Sponsored Post)

Posted by on July 25, 2011 1 comment

Those nice people at Tesco have sent me a portable BBQ and asked me to promote their BBQ Challenge. Which they have set up to decide which of the sexes is best on the BBQ and presumably flog a few …

The secrets of parenting #101

Posted by on July 15, 2011 4 comments

All my life I have watched parents pick up crying children and put their child’s head on their shoulders . Before I became a father I always used to think that this was something you read about in a baby …

Babies are useless

Posted by on July 6, 2011 10 comments

I don’t want to knock my gorgeous baby daughter but it has to be said she is pretty useless. She is uncoordinated, sleepy, inattentive, forgetful and has no idea how to get her own food and no idea how to …

Being an IVF dad

Posted by on June 27, 2011 No comments

I wrote this for The Times last week for their Fathers Day special: Father’s Day 2007 was not a good day. I took my dad for a beer to celebrate his special day. “Son, not everyone can have kids, you …

The Art of Roughhousing (review)

Posted by on June 22, 2011 1 comment

I recently got sent a fabulous book – Art of Roughhousing: Good Old Fashioned Horseplay and Why Every Kid Needs it (2010) “Roughhousing” is apparently what the American call physical play – what we Brits call “rough and tumble”. The …

Problems of being an older dad #107 – Holidays

Posted by on June 17, 2011 3 comments

In the last few weeks baby has morphed from a sweet happy baby into a screaming attention seeking little miss drama queen. Next week we are going on holiday to Italy for a week and I’m nervous. Unlike my parents …

How not to raise a baby

Posted by on June 15, 2011 No comments

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Fathers Day Flowers

Posted by on June 13, 2011 No comments

It is father’s day soon and I have started thinking about presents. Not just for my dad but this year for the for the first time in my life, what my daughter might buy for me. Being only 11 months …

Problems of being an older dad #106

Posted by on June 12, 2011 No comments

Took baby on the playground roundabout today but had to get off after less than minute because I was getting motion sickness. I haven’t learnt my lesson after almost vomitting on the swings a few weeks back. Note to self …

Dressing baby

Posted by on June 12, 2011 No comments

Wifey shouted at me today because I put my little baby’s top on the wrong way round. Apparently the buttons are meant to be at the back. But how was i meant to know that? What piece of men’s clothing …

Rocking Horse

Posted by on June 10, 2011 No comments

Put together a flat pack rocking horse for baby today. Spent 2 hours fiddling with alum keys,screws and misaligned pre drilled holes. She loved it. Seeing her big smile as she sat on it was great. But after 5 minutes …

Techno rave baby

Posted by on June 5, 2011 2 comments

This kid is awesome. Tweet This Post

Pregnant wife – taking the p*ss?

Posted by on May 2, 2011 No comments

“Baby says she wants your delicious curry.” “Baby says she doesn’t want to watch football.” “Baby says she wants to read you section of the newspaper.” Is wifey starting to take the piss? Tweet This Post

Big Head

Posted by on April 21, 2011 2 comments

This lovely nurse has voted my blog the number one blog for dads with newborns. Thank you. Tweet This Post

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