I dread those words, but I know they are coming.They will come because my wife is terrified of clowns and therefore this fear will be passed on to our toddler and newborn at some stage. Personally I don’t think clowns are scarey, nor do they amuse me. They are more like an old uncle who […]

May the lord have mercy on us all, but it may be time to toilet train our toddler Little Miss.She who must be obeyed has decided it is time, and as everyone knows once mum has decided something it is to be done.So I spent my Sunday afternoon out looking for the perfect potty training […]

Last night when our toddler wouldn’t sleep I came up with the following list of ‘things to do while lieing on your toddlers floor as they won’t sleep without you there’:
Work out whether you need a new sleeping bag or whether the Strawberry shortcake one will do.
Write a work project in your head, declare it […]

I have some terrible news for all my fellow parents out there - your kids just aren’t that special. Little Johnny will never make it to the Olympics, he will be lucky to be co-ordinated enough to work the remote control to actually watch the Olympics. Little Janey isn’t a talented musician / actress / […]

I am always amazed at the fine line we walk between being able to cope with our tiredness and being so exhausted that we would gladly deny the exhistance of our own children to get an extra moments kip.In fact in one of the greatest bad daddy examples of poor parenting I did perform the […]