I’ve written a fair bit about Dylan’s apparent reluctance to speak, so I thought I’d provide an update on how he’s doing. I’m relieved to report that he now has a few words under his belt; not the word explosion that people often mention, but a few of them nonetheless. As they’re rather random – …
Month: May 2012
“I thought you didn’t like violence. You said it was the last bastion of moral cowardice.” “Yeah, I know…” That exchange between Little Britain favourites, Lou and Andy, reminds me a lot of conversations I’ve tried to have with Dylan of late. The only real difference, in fact, is that Dylan only says “Yeah”. So …
Regular readers of Diary of the Dad may remember that I was lucky enough to win one of the categories at the MAD Blog Awards last year. I remain delighted and stunned in equal measure that people not only read my bewildered musings about parenthood, but also that they were kind enough to vote for …
Soon after I started this blog, I wrote about how something as simple as going shopping with a young child was more like a military operation. How easy that seems now we’ve got two of them! We recently took Dylan and Xander into Eastbourne for what was supposed to be a brief trip. And, as I’m sure all more …
It’s finally happened; I’m coming out with the kind of line widely associated with old people. Jokingly, of course, but that’s the first step. You know the kind of remark, usually something relating to ‘the youth of today’ and there being a general lack of respect for their elders. Now I know this is a bit …