Time
To tick another cliche box, turns out I massively overestimated the amount of time I’d have to keep this blog up to date. So after the initial keen-ness, nap times have been taken over by all the...
View ArticleLadies who lunch
A meeting with the mums. This is going to be weird… Except it wasn’t. My wife has handed over not just the baby but her circle of mum friends who I met up with for the first time today. I was a bit...
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Swimming!
I have to say I wasn’t massively looking forward to taking the little man swimming. We’ve tried it once before with my wife and I taking him, and it was very hard work – I struggle enough getting my...
View ArticleAs seen on TV
We were featured on a news item on Good Morning Britain. No, we’d never heard of it either – but apparently its GMTV with someone off Strictly Come Dancing. Here’s the full glorious 90 seconds of it:...
View Article“Emily, get out the way for the lady… I mean gentleman!”
Whilst Christmas shopping yesterday, I heard a lady shout this at her child as I was barging my way through the shop with the pram. It’s the first case where I’ve noticed the assumption that it would...
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What can be done to increase men taking extended paternity leave? (or:...
This post is about divorce and paternity leave and what they have in common (clue: I do not think one causes another!) I haven’t met any other dads yet who are doing extended Paternity leave. A couple...
View ArticleThe financial cost of paternity leave
One hundred and thirty eight pounds a week. That’s an annual salary of £7,000 a year. That’s what you get on extended paternity leave. That’s the statutory rate anyway, and unlike statutory maternity...
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The lazy man’s guide to cooking baby food
I hate cooking. I mean, really hate it. I’d rather do the washing up. So this is generally the role I take on in our relationship. But babies have to eat. As I also have a pathological aversion to...
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The hole in the ceiling
This is the hole in the ceiling. It’s been there for two months, and was a result of an unsuccessful DIY project. I wish I could say it was for something complicated, like putting up a new light, or...
View ArticlePaternity leave in the UK
Pictogram of facts and figures about facts and figures arounf paternity leave now live on this page: http://paternityintheuk.com/?page_id=69 Hope you like it, would welcome any comments!
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