The Agony of Being a 50/50 Dad

My gorgeous little boy,

Best Parenting Books For Dads

Fatherhood is not the most popular topic in our society. We see a tendency of less and less fathers being…

HEURISTICS TO BECOMING A BADASS FIRST TIME FATHER

It is 3.08am. Minutes earlier, my new born son’s bowels executed a flawless impersonation of Mt Vesuvius and subjected my caregiving hand to a fate similar to Pompeii circa AD79. As I laugh/cry to myself, he deftly follows up with another…

DAY ONE — PATERNITY LEAVE

5:15am. Monday 9 May, 2016 — Woken by child one jabbering at me. Max. My brain is still in lock down so I can’t understand…

A Less Than Perfect Story

A time when I was less than perfect was when I taught my daughter how to drive. It was really more of a lesson in…

Today I went to work…

Day three: 9:00pm Wednesday. I’m buggered and seriously can’t be arsed writing tonight. I’d much prefer to watch Parks…

We’re playing Zone

It’s 2:00 pm on Tuesday. Day two.

Just prior to the birth of Evie, a colleague told me a story about how she and her husband had gone from ‘man on man’ to ‘zone’ defense. She told me it was essential that Lauren and I band together and recognise that it would be ‘us…

Do I sound like that?

10:00pm — Thursday 12 May, 2016

Two simple things…

11:30pm — Friday 13 May, 2016

A Day in Nature

My son, like so many other 12 year old boys, is drawn to video games — in fact, I worry that he spends too much time with them. So…