You can’t play with it, you’re a girl

I was at a children’s birthday party and observed an exchange that made me realise just how early boy and girl stereotypes are created.Read More

Standon Calling 2018: When you have a toddler but it’s festival season

After hitting Standon Calling as a family for the first time in 2017, we returned this year but with a nosey toddler in the place of a sleeping newbornRead More

How I got on answering one question in four minutes

I’ve made my debut on a podcast getting grilled by lovely mum blogger Roze all the way from sunny, wine-soaked Napa Valley in CaliforniaRead More

DadCon 2018: Who let the dads out?

The live product of The Dad Network, DadCon 2018 took place on Saturday 23rd June where the world of online and offline collided.
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What I learnt from an absent father

Father’s Day arrives this week and, speaking as someone who’s dad was never around, it taught me a valuable lesson about fatherhood.Read More

A mixed race dad’s take: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding

I’m by no means a royalist. However, as someone in a mixed race family, whose experienced the ugliness of racism, the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is significant on a personal levelRead More

My daughter convinced me it was time to change jobs

The FOMO is strong with this one.

Dads often speak about the fear of missing out and it’s only natural. Most are dumped back at work after two weeks with their new baby – and that’s if they’re lucky – so making … Read More

Soft play things: Case of the vanishing father

I took Roma to soft play on Saturday night and things got really weird – as in, am I on an episode of Punk’d strange.Read More

Now… Say my name: She’s said her first word!

During an evening cuddle I thought I heard my daughter mutter something, though I thought my ears may have deceived me. They hadn’t – she said her first word!Read More

Doctor’s diagnosis: It’s her double chin

Before Christmas, I was on a mission to avoid falling ill like many of The Walking Dead characters at work/on my commute. My daughter was not as lucky.Read More