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 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
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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Daddy1
June 21, 2017
Baby, evohome, heating, keeping cool, money saving, Parenting
evohome, heating control, honeywell, keeping cool, parenting, paternity, saving money, toddler
As I watched my Facebook timeline this past few days of extremely hot weather lots of parents were posting pictures of the temperature in their children’s bedrooms I began to think about a product I bought late last year. This…
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Daddy1
May 16, 2017
Baby, conformity, gender, opinions, Parenting, SAHD, sister
baby, conformity, dad, daughter, daughters, father, fatherhood, paternity, pressure, SAHD, society
I’m sure you’re hoping for a boy! If I had a £1 for every time i have heard that in recent weeks I`d be a very rich man, maybe not rich persay, but I’d certainly be more wealthy than I…
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Daddy1
May 6, 2017
Baby, Parenting, SAHD, sister, toddler, Uncategorized, Water
Additional, cipd, dad, fatherhood, goals, ireland, northern, parenthood, paternity, swimming
As I stepped out of the swimming pool having struggled to swim more than a couple of full-lengths I thought to myself why bother, why am I doing this what’s the point? I mean I am a 40 year old…
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Daddy1
April 12, 2016
Baby, cute, funny, Parenting, SAHD, sister, toddler
baby, daughter, fatherhood, leave, parental, parenting, paternity, SAHD, shared
As I am now in my 5th week of shared parental leave I thought I would share some of my learnings so far with two daughters under two, 1, ITS AWESOME! No but serious its fantastic and one of the…
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Daddy1
April 6, 2016
Baby, Dublin, ireland, Parenting, rising, SAHD, toddler
baby, daughter, fatherhood, HOLIDAY, ireland, parenting, paternity, toddler
We recently took a trip to Dublin over the Easter holidays. Nothing new for us grabbing a quick weekend away when we’re both off but this weekend coincided with the 100th anniversary of the Easter rising which meant it was…
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Daddy1
March 11, 2016
Baby, Childcare, Parenting, SAHD, Uncategorized
baby, dad, daughter, parenthood, paternity
As we are a few months away from both returning to work full time we are starting to contemplate what this means for our two cherubs.Two daughters The initial and natural thought I think is to start looking at nurseries…
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