After 16 months of fatherhood, I thought I’d avoided this most dreaded parenting milestone; baby’s first poo in the bath. “Oh, that’s never happened to us,” I’d say smugly. “I think we’re well past that now.” I was wrong. Dead wrong. So for any new parents still to experience this inevitable right of passage (and for any who have their…
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The first year of parenthood is a total rollercoaster of emotions. From hilarious tear-inducing highs to bang your head against the wall lows, you are guaranteed to experience them all. But rather than give you a lengthy blow by blow account of every single thing you can expect to go through during your first 12 months of parenthood, I thought…
View PostIt doesn’t happen every day, but at the end of an exhausting week, it’s a debate that often takes place between knackered, emotionally-charged parents; who has the tougher job? The working parent or the one left at home with the baby? As a working parent myself, I have to admit…I do sometimes feel like I’ve drawn the short straw. Leaving…
View PostAs every parent with sons will know, there comes a time in every little boy’s life when – out of nowhere – he suddenly discovers his willy … and dutifully become completely obsessed with it (a bond which, I should say, only grows stronger as the years go by). And while of course this process is completely natural, a means of…
View PostHaving your first baby is like venturing into the abyss; unchartered territory that even the most well-read new parents among us can never be fully prepared for. Regardless of whether you’re an experienced uncle or aunt, have loads of friends with kids or own every baby book under the sun, each and every newborn is unique and (unfortunately) doesn’t come…
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