Energy & Health
In Defence of the Nap
I have started napping. Not often — once or twice a week, on the days when the morning has been particularly costly. I am defending this practice.
Community & Social
Why I Started Writing This (And Why It Took Me 18 Months)
The honest answer is that I kept looking for this blog and it didn't exist. So here we are.
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Relationships
When Someone You Know Loses a Parent
My closest friend lost his father in February. We are both in our forties. This is the age when it starts to happen to people you know.
Mental Health
The Phone in the Room
I am trying to put the phone down more. I am failing at this with regularity and I think it is worth being honest about.
Community & Social
The School Run
We leave the house at 8:32am. This is not negotiable. Everything before 8:32am is negotiation.
Energy & Health
Learning to Cook (Properly) at 43
I could cook before children in the way that a reasonably intelligent adult can cook: competently, occasionally well, never with any particular intention.
Parenting Milestones
A Letter to Ellie on Her Fifth Birthday
Dear Ellie. You are five today. You have been awake since 5:47am. This is consistent with who you are.
Parenting Milestones
School of Dad, Part 4: The First Embarrassment
She told me not to sing in front of her friends. She is five. I have been preparing for this moment and I was still not entirely prepared.
Parenting Milestones
The Family Holiday: A Field Report
We went to Cornwall for a week in August. I have significant things to say about this.
Parenting Milestones
School of Dad, Part 3: The Homework Standoff
Ellie has a homework sheet that needs to be completed by Friday. It is Tuesday. We have been having the same conversation about it since Sunday.
Parenting Milestones
Football in the Garden
We play football in the garden most evenings after school. This is, at present, the best part of my day.