It happens to every bloke during his partner’s pregnancy, I should imagine. “Come quickly!” the mum shrieks excitedly, one hand cupping her pregnancy bump, the other flapping erratically at the wrist. “The baby is kicking!” So you go over, excited, and put your hand where you’re told to. You can’t wait to feel your baby [...]
Posts Tagged ‘fatherhood’
When the magic has gone
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fatherhood, kicking, men, movement, pregnancy on March 14, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Am I Normal?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, fatherhood, single parent, stay at home dad, stepdad on March 5, 2012 | 8 Comments »
I’m not a stay at home dad. I’m not a single parent. I’m not a step-dad. I’m a dad who goes out to work whilst his wife looks after the children at home (although she does teach music privately most evenings). When I get home I’m lucky enough to have my food cooked for me, [...]
Willy or Woo-Woo?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baby, dads, daughter, fatherhood, girl, parenthood, parenting, sexing, ultrasound on March 1, 2012 | 28 Comments »
Much to the mirth of the bulging women and ageing receptionists in the MUMS centre I scuttle over to my wife, who has been sat in the waiting room wondering where I am as I sit in another waiting room wondering exactly the same thing. I was nervous, you see, and not thinking straight. I [...]
Awesome history and snotty noses (may contain castles)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged castle, dads, fatherhood, history, kenilworth castle, time team on February 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »
There’s no ‘may’ about it. This post does contain castles: Kenilworth Castle, in fact, which is just down the road from where I live. In Kenilworth. Today Noah and I went down to the castle as Jess recruited Isaac to help her wash her car (I’d do it, but it goes all streaky). And so, we [...]
VIDEO: Dog in ballet shoes jives to Riverdance
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged award, ballet, blog, blogging, brilliance in blogging, britmums, dad, dog, fatherhood on February 23, 2012 | 2 Comments »
OK, so I lied. I don’t have a video of a dog in ballet shoes jiving to Riverdance. I don’t think such a video even exists. But I did get your attention, which is what I wanted. Mwahaha. I’m after a couple of minutes of your time; please could I ask you to nominate me [...]
Weird things my son does to amuse himself
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, fatherhood, funny, infant, parenthood, parenting, son, wet wipe on February 17, 2012 | 5 Comments »
My youngest son is a bit weird. I mean he’s gorgeous and everything, and he gives me the chompies big-time, but he’s just…a bit strange. For Christmases and birthdays we spend a small fortune on him in the way of presents and gifts: toys to keep him amused whilst we scoff our food in the kitchen [...]
Can’t you please just ACT poorly?!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, dad, dads, fatherhood, hospital, illness, parenting, sickness on February 7, 2012 | 5 Comments »
No-one wants their child to be ill. I certainly didn’t want Isaac, our four year-old, to be unwell when he was pulled past me by the arm as I got home from work yesterday. “I’ve got him an emergency appointment at the doctor,” said my wife as she bustled him into the car. “There’s blood [...]
Great Deals on ‘Goodbye, Pert Breasts’ and ‘Teething Pains’
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birth, book, books, dads, fatherhood, funny, mums, parening, pregnancy on January 21, 2012 | 3 Comments »
I’ve decided that this year I need to put more effort into selling my books, hence the relentless plugging during ‘One Born Every Minute’ each Wednesday, which I’m sure has bugged the heck out of many a follower. Anyway, there are two great ways at the moment that you can go about buying my books [...]
Caught in a Blog Bromance
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blogger, blogs, bromance, dads, fatherhood, lady gaga, romance on January 14, 2012 | 9 Comments »
Yo, let’s drop a beat, or something! This is one for all you daddy bloggers out there! Word! (That means ‘cool’, I think.) Embrace the bromance. Oooohhh… Caught in a blog bromance Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah! Roma-roma-maa Ga-ga-ooh-la-la! Want your blog bromance I saw your message On your Twitter feed It said you’d posted And I wanted to [...]
If we didn’t have kids…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, dads, fatherhood, mums, parenting on December 17, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Most of the conversations I have with my wife begin with the words ‘If we didn’t have kids…’ In fact, so many that I even tweeted to this effect, on 20 October via Twitter for BlackBerry, as you can see. If we didn’t have kids, on a nice winter’s evening we could wander down to the castle, [...]
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