Dear Bump, there’s not a lot left to know about you. We know your sex and now, according to your mum, you have ears. To which, all I can say is: could you listen to your mum and stop knocking lumps out of her at all hours of the day. Read More
Seem to have had a wee spike in traffic over the last week – and might get some more over the next few days with the SECC Scottish Baby Show – so to that end, I’m going to bring over the baby, daughter and parenting blogposts from elsewhere and add them in here as this is where they should be. I’ll title them all Golden Oldie and get them all up in the next hour so if you want more fresh material, that will be there from tomorrow!
What? I’m a writer, we get excited when get nomimated for things. It’s what we’re like. Besides, this is a more interesting election than the other one.
Anyway, word reaches me that I’ve been put forward for a MAD award (best new blog), so I’m all chuffed. Or I was until I looked at the amount of entries and the quality of the competition (warning, if you go blog reading in the links there you’ll lose hours) (and if you do do that, don’t forget to vote for me first 
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Nah, who am I kidding? I’m still chuffed.
Anyway, the point is that there’s some top entries over there well worth reading if you’re into the dad/mum blogging scene (The awards are on Twitter too.) and if you’ve ever wanted to dip your toes into the blogging water then there’s a guide there for that.
Now is it unethical to create email addresses for your unborn child and have him vote…
(I’m just amazed I stayed awake. Normally a sleepy cuddle from madam puts me out as well.)
(And yes, all attempts at getting the thumb out of the mouth have failed spectacularly as you can see.)
“I don’t know why you’re moaning about having to carry this child around in you, saying it’s sore. I carried it about – well half of – first and it was no bother at all.”
Religion has been quite a tricky topic in our household, even pre-children. I’m as agnostic as they come (prove it!), while the wife is a die-hard athiest (she hates it when you claim that it’s a faith of its own).
We’re both educated in various religions and the thought is if the children want to pick one when older and fully informed, they can. It’s their choice and we’re not brainwashing them (of course, living in the West Coast of Scotland so adds to that challenge, but that’s a post for another day).
Anyway, despite going to a Protestant non-denomenational school, which you would imagine teaches all faiths (as long as they are Protestant) we had our first major hiccup with the Muslim faith the other day… Read More
One wee one lies sleeping Read More
Blame Dan over at All That Comes With It and Sally Whittle for this one (between the heading and that line, that should have people wondering…) Warning: really hosed HTML ahead.
Graeme Rose sent me a tweet yesterday and I was a bit busy at the time. All I saw was a reference to the film Kick Ass and groaned (long story, will explain at the end*). When I actually saw what he was talking about, I couldn’t believe it – a cinema in Dundee is giving parents the chance to take under-18 month old kids into this ultra-violent film.
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(Good God, where has the time gone…)
So there we were, out at The Glasgow Pram Centre, looking at things to buy for Bump and his/her room and we were in the area with cots and decorated rooms and I just glimpsed over at you – as you were playing with one of the musical mobiles – probably trying to find something that plays It’s A Small Word as you loved that on your own – and your wee face just… changed. Read More