Daddy1
April 2, 2018
Parenting, SAHD, shared paternity leave, TIME
Additional, baby, dad, fatherhood, leave, parental, parenting, paternity, shared, toddler
As we approach the third anniversary of the launch of shared parental leave on 05/04//2015 I started thinking about why the uptake is so poor. Most of the online focus looks at the financial impacts but there is nothing looking…
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Daddy1
March 23, 2018
funny, Northern Ireland, Parenting, redundancy, SAHD, TIME
80`s, adult, adventure, bullseye, fatherhood, innocence, parenting, paternity, reading, redundancy, SAHD, work
I was going to call this post “Choose your own adventure books, the adult version”, but I thought that may have attracted you for the wrong reasons! Following on from my previous post Redundancy and a young family I found my first…
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Daddy1
January 28, 2018
Parenting
fatherhood, parenting, redundancy, work
Redundancy? but you have a young family.. The words I heard from a colleague I’ve known many years this week when they found out about some company moves which could mean redundancy for me. I’m certain my colleague was being…
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Daddy1
January 7, 2018
Baby, Parenting, SAHD, toddler
daughters, parenting, paternity, SAHD, sister, toddler
As my domain renewal e mails continue to come I started thinking, do I really need to do this? I’ve been away for so long so what’s the point? Before I answer that, hello! 👋 Is been too long. Why…
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Daddy1
September 28, 2017
Baby, bored, Ford, keeping cool, Northern Ireland, Parenting, RESPONSIBILITY
daughters, Driving, parenting, School run, Teaching, toddler
Being new to the whole school drop off thing I was inspired to write a post, then it became a poem as my mind wandered amongst the various ramblings of my 2 and 3 year olds. Topics ranging from dinner…
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Daddy1
September 12, 2017
Baby, conformity, cute, gender, Northern Ireland, Parenting, SAHD, toddler, TODDLER GROUP
equality, father, fatherhood, parenting, PLAYGROUP, RHYME, RHYTHM
Having been off the agenda for quite some time due to refurbishment of my local library I returned to the rhythm and rhyme playgroup today after a 15 month exile. This could be the end of the rhythm and rhyme…
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Daddy1
September 7, 2017
Baby, building, diy, noise, Parenting, SAHD, TIME
building, daughters, extension, hassle, ireland, northern, parenting, playroom, SAHD, toddler, work
We all know the drill (no pun intended), you’re getting work done to the house. We know it’s going to be messy, loud and expensive, just like having young children around really! So let’s have a look as I reflect…
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Daddy1
August 29, 2017
funny, holiday, Parenting, peppa, Uncategorized
cotswolds, endurance, family, fatherhood, HOLIDAY, parenthood, parenting, paultons, Peppa
Peppa world, the world of the obnoxious little porker we all have a love hate relationship with as she entertains our children in her cheeky petulant way. So why did we go? Well for our children of course! For me…
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Daddy1
July 20, 2017
Baby, Dad, Parenting, Role, Title
daughter, northern, northern ireland, parenting, Role, Title
Luke, I am your father! An epic line from one of the biggest movies of all time. Now lets imagine that line was “Luke, I am Darth” or even “Luke, I am daddy”. Would it have been remembered so well?…
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Daddy1
July 7, 2017
car, Family car, Ford, Hyundai, Kia, money saving, Northern Ireland, Parenting, safety, Skoda, SUV, Uncategorized
car seats, Family car, HOLIDAY, parenting, paternity, safety, storage, SUV, toddler
Following on from my post looking at Choosing a family car, part 1. I now find myself going back to it as I now need an even bigger car as baby number 3 will be joining us in October! I’ve…
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