Following on from my slightly contentious post about ‘Rastamouse’, I thought I should provide some balance by writing a little about one of the best things Cbeebies currently has to offer, namely Octonauts… However, in order to stop myself from turning in to a jibbering blob of unbridled enthusiasm, I wanted to focus on the…
Tag: Fatherhood²
Fatherhood²: Things I’ve learnt along the way – Photography
As a parent (and before, come to think of it) I’m often accused of taking too many photos. My retort has always been “the more I take, the more likely it is that I’ll get some keepers”. As somebody who grew up with expensive film-processing and even more expensive point-and-shoot cameras, I still find it…
Fatherhood²: The trouble with Rastamouse is… not yet clear to me!
If you’ve not had the pleasure of meeting Rastamouse yet, he’s a new crime-fighting mouse (like we need another one of those, eh? Eh?) who has his own series on Cbeebies, starting this week. Here’s the official blurb on what he’s about, from Cbeebies themselves:
Stop-motion series featuring Rastamouse, Scratchy and Zoomer, crime-fighting special agents who solve mysteries and play in a reggae band.
I’ve been mulling it over for a few days now, and my opinion of Rastamouse (or should I say, what little of it I’ve seen so far) has gone through several evolutions… I’m not sure I’ve even formulated my overall opinion yet, but a few things struck me that I thought I’d share – mainly because I’m keen to hear other people’s opinions on it too:
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – Fright Club
The first rule of fatherhood is: You don’t talk about fatherhood… OK, maybe not, but you could easily be forgiven for thinking so given the uneasy experience you’re likely to have as a first time parent attending pre-natal classes. It’s a curious thing. There you are, in a room full of other people in exactly…
Fatherhood²: Occasional glimpses in to the life of a single parent
As an average father (if there is such a thing), my father-son time is a lot more limited compared to my wife. On an average day, I get home at about 6.30, which leaves me just enough time to do Robert’s bath and read him his bedtime stories. Before work is a similar situation –…
Fatherhood²: Things I’ve learnt along the way – Midwives
One of the original reasons I wanted to start blogging about fatherhood was the experiences Sara and I had when Robert was first born. As well as being born by emergency caesarian (an impressive 3 hours between waters breaking and the cutting of the cord!), Robert was just 6lbs 2oz at birth, and also had…
Fatherhood²: Recording memories, web 2.0 style
One piece of fatherly advice I quite frequently get given is to make a note of some of the funny things your child says, so you can look back on it in years to come. Up until now, the only way I’ve been doing this is by posting them to my Facebook status – something…
Fatherhood²: Guest Post – Being a technodaddy has never been more fun
As an ‘IBMer’ my dad derived great pleasure from pitting his wits against complex techie challenges both at work and at home. He could often be found in the garage with a soldering iron and circuit boards or with transistors, resistors and microchips spread out on the kitchen table. Mum loves telling me how even…
Daddy blogging – who fancies a bit of a blog?
I posted something along these lines on Twitter yesterday – though obviously confined to the 140 character limit Twitter imposes… which, let’s face it, I’m amazed I ever manage to actually adhere to! I ramble, you see. But I suspect I’m making that point quite well now… Anyway, as I mentioned in the post below…
Fatherhood²
I think some of you knew this day was going to come sooner or later. Today I can officially announce that, if all goes to plan, Sara and I are going to be parents again in the summer of 2011. I am writing this blog post on October 26th – the day after our 5…