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As I mentioned recently, I've learned to love the school run thanks to the conversations I have with my kids. I was interested, then, to read a recent article by the brilliant Stuart Heritage. Who, incidentally, I was once on a panel with at a Mumsnet event. Thoroughly nice chap he is too. Anyway, in said article, he ...
Amelie's speech is developing at an amazing rate at the moment. All of a sudden, she's coming out with new words, phrases and even short sentences. We've witnessed the word explosion phase twice before with Dylan and Xander so we shouldn't be surprised but, somehow, we are. I think this is because there's still a fair ...
Somehow or other, Amelie is 18 months old already. It's a whole year and a half since her dramatic arrival. I've got no idea how the time has passed so quickly, but here we are with another little one who is getting into everything. Her speech is really coming along and she has added plenty of ...
It's been a while since I wrote a post about Amelie, so it's definitely time for an update. First things first, she's now at the stage where we don't know how to refer to her. She's somewhere between baby and toddler at the moment - she's been mobile for ages, but still looks like a baby. So what are ...
It's gone in a blur but Amelie is one year old already. I remember the first year passing quickly with both Dylan and Xander, but this has to be a new record. Yesterday was a year since her dramatic arrival. Despite her worrying start to life, everything has been pretty straightforward since and she's a happy ...
I can't believe that Amelie is 11 months old already! We have had another month of milestones and mischief as she continues to make her presence felt. The big news is that her first teeth have finally broken through. They had been basically visible beneath her gums for months and all the other signs were ...
Another month has flown by and Amelie is now ten months old. I ended last month's update speculating as to whether she would be walking and talking by now. The answer to both questions is nearly! She's a lot more self-assured on her feet now and is cruising around furniture like a boss. She has also ...
Another week, another milestone. Dylan has reached the parrot fashion stage. No, not sprouting beautiful plumage and looking well balanced on a perch, but mimicking absolutely everything anyone or voices on the television say. The things he comes out with are really funny, particularly when he clearly doesn't quite understand what he's saying and repeats our ...
There are three kinds of people in this world: those who can add up and those who can't. I *may* be a representative of the latter category there but, if recent developments are anything to go by, Dylan doesn't look like he's going to take after me and experience the humiliation of having to retake ...
Very exciting news: Dylan sort of spoke his first word last week and, to my delight, it was “Dada”! A big moment, even though I know it wasn’t really directed at yours truly. I’d read ages ago that it was the sound that most babies tend to make first, so I tried to be pragmatic. However, ...
I'm Tom Briggs. A proud dad of three and, somehow or other, the writer of a multi-award-winning dad blog.
I've been writing Diary of the Dad since 2010 and it's gone from a small hobby to my full-time job.
I still have the same enthusiasm for this blog as I did when I wrote my first post and hope you enjoy reading my musings as much as I do writing them.
