After speaking at Mumsnet Bumpfest recently and with our third child due in a matter of weeks, my mind is firmly on advice for new dads – as much for my own benefit as anyone else’s! Here, then, are my five top tips for new dads – for the remainder of pregnancy to the first few …
Month: September 2015
Who doesn’t like superheroes eh? There seem to be so many of them around these days and, thanks to the Super Hero Me app by DC Friends, you can now create your own – including their name, costume and, of course, superpowers. I had a go and came up with Captain Meerkat – not very menacing for a bad guy, …
Disclosure: I received a PacaPod Hastings to review and keep. This post also includes an affiliate link. With the arrival of our third child drawing ever nearer, we’ve been making sure we’ve got everything in place. This, of course, includes a hospital bag. Or hospital bags to be more precise, as I think it’s just …
Last week I entered a local film competition and, although I didn’t win, I got a special mention for my acting from one of the judges (who, by the way, has been in loads of films and TV shows). Yesterday, I went to a place called BAFTA. While these two facts are in no way …
On Saturday, I’ll be speaking at Mumsnet Bumpfest. I’ll be part of a panel in a session called ‘Dads-to-be: what to expect’. It pretty much does what it says on the tin. We’ll be sharing the benefit of our experience with those who are about to become fathers. I’m really pleased that Mumsnet is including a …
Did you know that you can do more with Avios than just saving up for flights? I have to admit that this was news to me when they got in touch recently to give us the opportunity to spend a day out as a family that was paid for with points rather than pounds. The …
I’ve always been interested in how other cultures approach the ever-evolving learning process that is parenting. We’ve got a fair few friends in France, so have tried certain techniques from across the channel on the boys. It’s fair to say that we’ve experienced varying degrees of success. So I was pleased to be offered a copy of this recent …
According to a recent survey, one in five British dads stops hugging their kids completely once they reach the age of ten. The research, which was commissioned by Fairy Non Bio, took in the responses of 2,000 men in the UK and aimed to investigate how many of them hug their children, when they are most likely to …
This week, I had another reminder of how soon we’re going to be a family of five. A plugin I use that automatically tweets old posts to the masses, lest they gather virtual dust, shared this one about Xander’s first week. I realised that we’re now under two months from having a newborn – and …
According to a survey published by the NSPCC today, one in seven adults in the UK achieved the job they dreamed of as a child – including one who said they became an astronaut. I’m definitely one of the lucky ones – despite not having ambitions that were quite as lofty, I ended up in …