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Monthly Archives: May 2011

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Four Famous Dogs Who Were Totally Alive But Aren’t Any More

May 25, 2011by Ben Wakeling 1 Comment

This post has nothing to do with parenting. It has everything to do, however, with famous dogs that are now dead. Why? Because this is my blog, that’s why, and […]

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Why High-Fives Should Be Standard Business Practice

May 23, 2011by Ben Wakeling Leave a comment

Handshakes are so boring. So business-like and formal. That’s no way to greet someone else, or open a meeting. Plus, it’s a great way to spread disease. Swine flu? The […]

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An Apology to My Parents

May 20, 2011by Ben Wakeling 4 Comments

Sorry guys. Being a parent myself, I have finally come to realise how much you put up with me when I was little. Not the bad exam results, I mean, […]

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The Men’s Wimbledon Final: A Prediction

May 18, 2011by Ben Wakeling Leave a comment
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11 a day

May 17, 2011by Ben Wakeling 3 Comments

Eleven babies a day. Eleven lives which should have been lived. One baby every two hours, stillborn. You’d be forgiven for thinking that this statistic belongs to a third world […]

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It’s an Outrage

May 15, 2011by Ben Wakeling Leave a comment

The other day I tweeted about some shocking local news. No fewer than THREE DOGS trampled on some poor woman’s picnic whilst she was enjoying a summer afternoon in the […]

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Down the Road, Not Across the Street

May 14, 2011by Ben Wakeling 3 Comments

Warning: Emo post alert. I don’t write many, so I hope you’ll forgive me. Today has been one of those days. Not just one of those days, but one of […]

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Interview: DaddyNatal

May 13, 2011by Ben Wakeling Leave a comment

The other day I had a piece published on Parentdish, about a man’s view of antenatal classes. In it, I quote Dean Beaumont, who stopped whinging about how tailored towards […]

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Spice Up Your Life

May 10, 2011by Ben Wakeling Leave a comment

Crumbs, my life is pretty dull. Not awfully dull, like I want to top myself or anything; just not as exciting as I envisaged it would be when I was a […]

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The Terrible Threes

May 8, 2011by Ben Wakeling 7 Comments

Isn’t it funny how one minute your kids can be really sweet, and the next you want to hang them by their feet from the rotary drier in the garden […]

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I want a hold!

The fibs kids tell

A conversation with my baby daughter

A day in the life of my two-year-old son

Little Horrors

Santa's Watching You

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20 years from now

Three days on MacGregor Ward

The horror of playgroups

Potty training: easier said than done

How fortunate we are

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