Category: Dad Life Blog

• This Dad Life is changing…

  If you came here looking for This Dad Life, a blog on delirium and other truths about fatherhood, don’t worry you’re in the right place. I’ve started a new project, the Man Ting podcast. The blog will remain active, but in a slightly different format and with the focus on supplementing the podcast content. New…

  25th Feb 2020

• Man Kills Spider

  I came home this evening to the wife and child asleep, so I made my way to the kitchen for a drink of water before preparing for bed. There I was, casually leaning against the counter and chugging away, when I noticed in the corner of my eye a gigantic furry eight-legged beast! It was…

  12th Aug 2019

• Still on the toilet

  There I was, sat on the toilet in the dark this morning at 5:30am as per my usual routine when the wife flings open the bathroom door. I see the silhouette of her exhausted frame standing in the doorway, waning under the weight of laboured breaths. “Take her!” She snapped, “I can’t do this right…

  10th Jul 2019

• Am I enough?

  What is it like becoming a dad? A question I used to get asked all the time when the Halfling was born. I didn’t really know how to answer it then, and to some degree even now I still don’t. I think maybe a reason for that is that my role as a father in…

  14th May 2019

• The Long Night

  My wife and I sometimes joke that our baby isn’t actually ours. One of the downsides to having an emergency c-section is that you can end up feeling a little removed from the whole experience. Don’t get me wrong, in an emergency situation the priority is always that mom and baby are safe, and your…

  8th May 2019

• Enhanced interrogation techniques

  We’ve been battling inconsistent sleep patterns with The Halfling for about 4 months now. Every now and then she has a brilliant night and you think to yourself, “maybe she’s finally turning a corner and her sleep is getting better.” Most nights she sleeps solidly for the first 3 and a half hours and then…

  16th Apr 2019

• Outsourced parenting

  I like my job and I enjoy working at the company I do, but I love being a parent. It’s not even close. If it was financially viable, I’d trade in my career in a heartbeat to be a stay-at-home dad. I would probably have to do battle against my wife, Gladiator style, with the…

  9th Apr 2019

• Not quite a daddy’s girl… yet

  Her dad is usually the first man a woman ever learns to love. At least that’s the theory anyway. My daughter however, doesn’t give her affections to anyone easily, and 7 months in I’m still working hard for her love. After a marathon 54-hour labour, largely without any pain relief, my wife gave birth to…

  5th Apr 2019

• Dad lives matter

  I’m not an activist, and I don’t have any socio-political agendas here. I’m aware of the connotations a statement like, “dad lives matter” has, so why did I think it an appropriate moniker for my Twitter page (@dadlivesmatter) and the title of this blog post? Let me take a step back and tell you about…

  3rd Apr 2019

• New dad. New blog.

  Thanks for joining me! The idea for this blog started out as an April Fools’ day joke on Facebook, but what isn’t a joke is just how amazing it is being a dad. My love for sharing my experiences of fatherhood is second only to my joy in living them. I don’t have some grand…

  1st Apr 2019