This one may not go down well, considering the demographics of my readership.
As a general rule, I try to avoid getting sucked into comment stream dramas – mostly because I have better things to do with life. In most cases, I don’t even go back to a post after I’ve left a comment, just in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘parenting’
An open letter to a stay-at-home-Mum
They holler out, “Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar”
There are lots of things about being a father that hurt my heart. Not the least is watching Boy Z try to navigate the Scylla and Charybdis that are human social interactions. I know he’s only 19 months old and at this age, he isn’t really going to establish meaningful relationships with his peers.
In fact, [...]
I’ve always kept a unicorn and I sometimes sing in tune
OK, first off we are not on fire. Thanks for all the e-mails and comments, but the fires that you’ve seen in the news are in Victoria and we’re in South Australia. For American readers, that’s about the distance between Florida and Texas. Frequent commenter and occasional guest poster Jamie asked why so many people [...]
Every single one of them named Jennifer
I love public transport. Not for the predictable lefty environmental reasons, though those are valid as well. The trip to and from work each day affords me an opportunity to warm up for and cool down from the day without the stress generated by fighting rush hour traffic in a car. Even better, however, is [...]
Tales of Girls and Boys and Marsupials
At some point in the last few months, my baby son crossed an invisible line to to become a little boy. It may have been when he took to two legs and began, literally, toddling. It may have been when he began to exhibit some degree of understanding – when “Where are the fish, Boy [...]
Finger Painting
All of you stay at home parents have my respect. One day a week of it leaves me feeling like I’ve been lobotomized with a butter knife. Don’t get me wrong, I love it and am grateful that I have the time to spend with the boy. Call me a masochist.
Thanks for the finger painting [...]
So pander to your pampered little princes
One of the stated purposes of making this site ‘anonymous’ was so that I could air thoughts, feelings and neuroses that I may not want Google to permanently attach to my name. I’ve always found writing to be great therapy and blogging extends the therapeutic possibilities by giving the potential for feedback in the form [...]
This Week on the (Dr.) OC: Nothing’s going to stop me now
Things didn’t get any immediately easier for Dr. O’C after Baby Z was born. On this weeks episode, bringing home baby…
So, I am a parent – a mum. I spend the first couple days at home wondering when I will be relieved of my babysitting duties. But apart from that it is happy family. Timmins, [...]
Happy (un)Father’s Day
If you are a man, have reproduced and live in North America, most of Europe, Asia and Africa – then chances are you woke up this morning to be greeted with a breakfast of runny eggs and burnt waffles and, depending on career choice, a new tie/hammer/hand gun. But if you’re me, you were [...]
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream (or reason No. 17 why I need a job)
Today is one of the glorious days on which I have sole custody of my son. His Mum is off on an interview and his Nana is working herself. So, it’s a proper SAHD day on the ranch. At the dawn of these days I’m fired up – excited at the opportunity to spend a [...]
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