Tag: Parenthood

  • Dad Diaries: No Worries

    It’s been 8 and a half years since I first became a dad and almost 3 years since the last dad diary update. Is it finally getting easier? It’ll get easier they said, give it a couple more years, I waited and waited. Nothing. 3 years ago, I’ll admit I was in a dark place,…

    Dad Diaries: No Worries
  • Dad Diaries : Down, but not Out.

    I knew it would come to this. The tipping point of having neither the energy nor the resources to get through. Newsflash! Children are hard work. REALLY hard work. I’d heard it, I’d read it, but now it was all too real, and to be honest with myself, I was losing the battle. How did…

    Dad Diaries : Down, but not Out.
  • Dad Diaries : All good plans…

    Sometimes, despite your best intentions and plans,  you’ve just got to roll with it. I was nearing the end of a 15-week ‘fit-club’ , my attempt at shedding 3-stone to give me a fighting chance for the challenges to come… moving house, the regular family events, and finishing off with the daddy of them all…

    Dad Diaries : All good plans…
  • Dad Diaries : What it means to be a Dad

    My personal take on what it means to be a Dad. I’m never having children! That’s what I used to say, among all the other things. I’ll never getting married, I’ll never drive I’ll never get a mobile phone. Even, I’ll never cut my hair! Before I had children, I felt sorry for parents. The…

    Dad Diaries : What it means to be a Dad