09 Thursday Aug 2012
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My daughter has a new best friend.
She has “in jokes” with him. She tickles him. She teases him. And she can’t get enough of him.
Frog and the (self-proclaimed) Northern Love Machine are best buddies at the moment. Forever friends. BFF’s.
Whatever you want to call it, they’re getting along very well. So well, in fact, I’m starting to feel a bit left out. Continue reading »
17 Sunday Jun 2012
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07 Wednesday Sep 2011
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10 Wednesday Aug 2011
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.motherhood, baby, family, fatherhood, Parenting, swimming, water
When Frog was first born, nearly 14 months ago, I knew one thing: she was going to be a water baby.
I didn’t know how I’d get on breastfeeding. I didn’t know what kind of bedtime routine we’d have. I didn’t even know if she would sleep in her own cot or in a moses basket at the side of our bed. The only parenting decision I had properly made was one involving water and swimming. Continue reading »
15 Wednesday Jun 2011
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baby, bonding, family, father, fatherhood, newborn, Parenting, relationships
It’s four o’clock in the afternoon and I haven’t slept for two days.
I can hear our new baby screaming downstairs as her dad tries to comfort her. I close my eyes and sink deeper into the bath I’ve been looking forward to since giving birth 24 hours earlier.
When the screams get louder I run downstairs, naked and soaking wet, to check all is well. It isn’t. The (self-proclaimed) Northern Love Machine is pacing up and down with the tiny Frog on his shoulder, trying to calm her. He looks terrified. Continue reading »