Category: "Baby"

6 weeks school holiday dad - day nine

Already two weekends gone of the school holidays... where do the days go? Driving back home after food shopping on Saturday morning, in the rain yet again, I was already grumpy from lack of sleep, I thought about a holiday. With money being tight and… more »

6 weeks school holiday dad - day seven

I know, I know, what happened to days 3 to 6? You tell me! Everything's upside down here for one reason.... teeth! Sprog2 has had no bother at all with her front gnashers, they through no problems with a bit of calpol and some gurning, we have been… more »

6 weeks school holidays dad - day 2

DAY TWO - Sunday 25th July: Sprog2 woke me up at 6.30am, once I'd fed and watered her, she then decided to go back to sleep. I was still groggy after the exertions of yesterday, so I was drifting in and out of snooze mode whilst upright on the chair -… more »

6 weeks school holidays dad - day 1

I will attempt to list all the things that we - stay at home dads - do, during the six weeks summer school holidays. To those working and having to go into work everyday, staying at home looking after children, sounds like “easy street,” -… more »

New baby coming - what to buy?

When your new baby is about to arrive, the temptation is to buy lots of things and with the price of baby things going through the roof, it makes frugal sense not to go overboard! Every company under the sun wants to sell you something, wants you to… more »