After I finished the seventh draft of the book, I sent it to my editor. I had a few weeks before she would come back with her feedback so I started to work on the book cover design. There were three main cover ideas that I had, I then spent the next few […]
baby’s first day at nursery – learning to let go
Letting your child go to nursery for the first time on their own is a massive leap of faith, up until this point the child may have fully been in your, your partners, your family or friends care the whole time. This is the first step you and your child have achieved to their […]
When someone criticises your child
There’s many things in life that you think you can handle before they ever occur and you think it won’t faze you when it does occur. When someone criticises your child it may either hurt you straight away or it may be something that grates on your nerves for a long time. I’ve tried to […]
How much TV should I let my child watch?
‘Don’t let you children watch TV it will pollute their minds!’ Well there are truths, lies and partial truths. I think that this is a partial truth, I would substitute certain channels in here rather than the concept of TV as a whole. When I had one child I would put the TV on in […]
My child’s first ever sports day
Last week was my older boy’s first sports day. It was in fact the first sports day that I’ve attended since I actually took part in one. Parenting as we all know is a tough all consuming business, amongst all the hard work that goes into it are golden nuggets of sweet moments, going to […]
Working late and weekends
Much like many of you, working late or even having to work on weekends is not uncommon, in fact I’ll be working late tonight as I type this (in the morning). Before parenthood working late was not altogether a bad experience. It become a chore when you had to work late because of someone else’s […]