Tag Archives: babies

Tick-tocks and Mah-mahs

Posted on 18/07/2010 by Simon

Tom added two “words” to his vocabulary: tick-tock and mah-mah. Continue reading →

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Ignorance = Bliss

Posted on 27/05/2010 by Simon

With nearly a year of fatherhood under my belt, I feel I’m now in a position to dole out sage advice to new fathers. And it’s mainly to avoid all advice for new fathers, especially the ones that come in books of advice for new fathers. Continue reading →

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The Persistence of Bananas

Posted on 19/05/2010 by Simon

My son has developed a Theory on the Persistence of Bananas, and I’m rightfully proud. Continue reading →

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Great Apps for Babies

Posted on 17/05/2010 by Simon

Some iPhone apps that I’ve found my baby son enjoys. Continue reading →

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Entropy Anthropomorphised

Posted on 14/05/2010 by Simon

Scientists have a concept called “entropy”. It is, simply put, the amount of disorder in any given system. Compare, say, a Macintosh to a McFlurry. A Mac doesn’t have much entropy, a McFlurry has loads of the stuff. Things tend … Continue reading →

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10 Long Months

Posted on 21/04/2010 by Simon

Tom turned 10 months old at the start of April, and already memories of the early months of his life are starting to slip from my mind. It doesn’t seem possible, for example, that for more than half his life … Continue reading →

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Once apon a time

Posted on 25/08/2009 by Simon

Bumpity bumpity bumpity bump, Here comes the galloping major! Bumpity bumpity bumpity bump, Here comes the galloping major! All the girls declare, He’s a grand old stager! Hi ho, here we go! Here comes the galloping major! So sing I … Continue reading →

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The best laid birth plans

Posted on 14/06/2009 by Simon

“I’ll almost certainly be a dad my tomorrow night,” I said. You’d think I’d have learnt my lesson, wouldn’t you? Thomas didn’t actually turn up until lunchtime on the day after that; and it had been, I can honestly say, … Continue reading →

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The last day

Posted on 03/06/2009 by Simon

When someone has a baby in the movies, it’s a pretty hasty affair. The waters break, they have a few contractions, they push and breathe in short puffs for a bit (often in the back of taxi), and then a … Continue reading →

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Pre-birth ennui

Posted on 01/06/2009 by Simon

People will probably tell me to treasure this time; but I hate it. People say “get all the sleep you can”. I’m not sure how that works. Can you store sleep in some kind of central reserve and call on … Continue reading →

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