Five years ago with a glint in my eye and seven months in hand before I would become a father, I started to write this blog. Today I write...

I'm not sure when I first told Oliver about the joys of Thunderbirds. Thanks to the benefits of digital photography, I know he had thi...

It's fair to say I have written a few posts down the years about sleep and the lack of it. This one is different. This is the post t...

Last Monday morning Hayley rang me at 9.05 to remind me that we had a ten-minute appointment with Oliver's teacher at 9.10. In the word...

Books. We want our pre-school kids to like them. We want our pre-school kids to enjoy them. We want our pre-school kids to like and enjo...

Here in Blighty we are in the midst of the good old four nations rugby tournament, where England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland compete for b...

I'll let you in on a secret: I'm planning my escape. You see, I've loved my time over here on Blogger, but you know how it is. A...

BBC News - Unplanned pregnancy warning to older women over 35

Oliver loves super-heroes at the moment. If he watches TV he asks for a super-hero show. His games are often about saving people and involve...

Tonight I watched a documentary on Channel 4 about women who suffer from "gender disappointment". They have sons but desperately w...

During the rather wet, cold dark days of winter there is one place that is a must, at least once in a while, for kids to let off steam and g...

For the last couple of weeks Oliver has been going to football training for 3-5 year olds. (That's soccer by the way.) It's a great ...

BBC News - Fathers to be offered more help

Manchester Museum would probably be worth a visit anyway, but what makes it particularly attractive when you have young kids is the area on...

Manchester has a great industrial heritage and a place in history as the one of the cradles of of the industrial revolution. So it is fittin...