Category Archives: Tips for new Dads

Picking my battles

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Kevin

Pat… pat… pat… f#$%&g pat… pat… pat… f#$%&g pat… The red digits on the clock have just changed for the 84th time. That’s one hour and twenty four minutes that I have sat beside the cradle patting my 7 week old … Continue reading →

Posted in Being a Dad, fatherhood, Tips for new Dads | Tagged child safety, conscious parenting, Home, Parenting, Sleep, Trampoline | 27 Comments

Newborns are boring

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Kevin

For the aspiring father-to-be the birth of your child represents the culmination of months of effort. Assuming that conception is relatively simple (and spectacular – obviously) you’ve spent the last nine or so months preparing bedrooms, choosing prams, picking names … Continue reading →

Posted in Being a Dad, fatherhood, Tips for new Dads | Tagged Breastfeeding, Family, Father, Infant, Parent | 33 Comments

Settling your baby

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Kevin

How to settle your baby So you’ve probably found this page after frantically searching the internet to find out why your baby is not sleeping, why it seems to hate sleep and why you are powerless to do anything about … Continue reading →

Posted in Tips for new Dads | Tagged babies sleeping, Baby not sleeping, baby sleeping through the night, Back to Sleep, Conditions and Diseases, health, Infant, new babies, newborn baby sleeping, Shopping, Sleep disorder, sleep settling, sleeping child, Television | 3 Comments

How new-born fit are you?

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Kevin

As some of you may have noted on the weekend, I confirmed our new Illiterate Infants arrival in about 4 weeks. Thanks to all those friendly readers who quickly advised me of their 36 week pregnancies. What I may have … Continue reading →

Posted in Being a Dad, Tips for new Dads | Tagged daddy, fatherhood, first time dad, new born | 29 Comments

Toddler bureaucracy

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Kevin

It was when little miss 2.5 was lining mummy pig, baby pig, monkey and baby teddy at the doorway of the bathroom before we brushed her teeth tonight that I finally got, that she got, how the whole thing works. … Continue reading →

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Advice I wished I’d got two years earlier…

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Kevin

So in wandering around the blogosphere over the last few days I came across some common sense. Over at SlightlySuburbanDad there’s a great post about respecting the choices of others. In summary it’s a great response to the the hugely … Continue reading →