I am facing a bit of a dilemma when it comes to our baby ‘Usurper’, it goes something like this….
It is 11:00pm here and the almost 5 month old is asleep, blissed out on booby juice or something.
Wife is also asleep although she is far from blissed out - she is all cranky at the [...]

We have entered that glorious time with our baby ‘Usurper’ where you don’t need an alarm clock to wake you because the minute the sun is up it is a signal to her to great the day as well. This isn’t so bad in winter, but as we in the antipodes enter into summer and [...]

Do you ever get the feeling that one of your main roles as a parent is to just try and not completely screw up your kids?
More and more I am coming to the reluctant conclusion that this is a major part of being a parent. Sure you have to teach them the skills needed to [...]

I have looked back over the posts in this blog and apart from being struck by just how appalling my typing and grammar is at times one other thing has struck me, and that is how focused the entries have been on Little Miss the toddler and not Usurper the baby. This ot me thinking [...]

I wonder what exactly is the worlds largest baby poo and who maintains the record books?Whoever it is I genuinely believe they should get in contact with me as my youngest - Usurper - definately eclipsed any records this after noon.I was holding her and her body went absolutely rigid, which is a sign of [...]