Archive for the ‘Dadhood’ Category

Automatic baby soothing

Posted at 1:00pm on Wednesday, October 11th, 2006 by

In the first few weeks of the life of both my daughters (and for many months that followed in the case of the first) I had a feeling that a body temperature, nearly vertical bed that had a simulated heartbeat would be a real winner. If it could replicate the sensation of lying on my or Claire’s chest then both of them would have slept like a dream without being carried from the first moment of arrival. It appears that I am not the only father with dreams of automated childcare – Lullabub attaches to your child’s cot and gently rocks it, allowing you to sneak off to the pub (or something).

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It’s happened again…

Posted at 10:05am on Friday, May 19th, 2006 by

Home births are the way forward. I can’t thank York Community midwives enough for making the birth such an amazing experience. (Speaking as the one who didn’t actually do the giving birth, of course).

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Today’s moment in parenthood

Posted at 9:09pm on Tuesday, April 4th, 2006 by

Claire came back from a trip into town today and excitedly showed me her latest purchase:

The Art of Hiding Vegetables

And no, this isn’t some Rude Food-a-like. Oh no. It’s how to sneak greens into your recalcitrant toddler’s diet.

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Bi Annual lunacy

Posted at 6:51am on Tuesday, November 1st, 2005 by

Any parent (owner, keeper, warden, whatever) of a toddler will know exactly how crushingly stupid Daylight Saving Time is. I hated it before I had kids. Now it actually damages my health.

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There are some things that ante natal classes don’t prepare you for

Posted at 7:44am on Thursday, October 27th, 2005 by

And this – colloquially know as the snot sucker – is one. Ew. Bloody useful though.

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Mmmm…. Beige…

Posted at 12:19pm on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005 by

Children weened on beige food prefer chips and crisps in later life. Does anyone make a green rusk?

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Baby name voyager

Posted at 12:06pm on Wednesday, February 9th, 2005 by

As I recently discovered choosing names for your kids is one of the most frightening decisions you’ll ever have to make… You don’t want one that’s too popular (who’d want their unique offspring to be one of 5 Marks or Agathas in the class), but you don’t want one that’s too weird or old fashioned (other kids can be so cruel in the playground)… Here then, is the Baby Name Voyager – charting popularity of names (admittedly in the US) over time in a lovely Java applet. For a more UK centric view the ONS is always worth a look (although it’s nowhere near as pretty).

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Gen X dad

Posted at 1:09pm on Monday, January 17th, 2005 by

That’ll be me then. (Or more accurately, that’ll be what I’d like to be then… A little more cash would help).

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Never did me any harm

Posted at 1:26pm on Friday, November 12th, 2004 by

Apparently only 1 in 16 children prefer to play with their dads, because they’re too competitive. My dad didn’t even let me win rainbow towers.

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