My love for Bermuda is the motivating factor in writing this, as I wish only to offer a humble suggestion as to how our leaders can mitigate the damage from the...
My love for Bermuda is the motivating factor in writing this...
So we had this debate going at home about which baby would start crawling first and on what day.
Naturally, I said at least one would be crawling on my birthda...
So we had this debate going at home about which baby would s...
The first time you wake up and your children aren’t at home, up wells an emptiness that is hard to put into words. Simply put, it is a not a nice feeling.
When...
The first time you wake up and your children aren’t at home,...
I’ve written a bit about the girls learning how to make sounds and control their hands and feet.
It’s a wonderful process but a byproduct of their physical deve...
I’ve written a bit about the girls learning how to make soun...
OK dads, let’s talk. Here we are, minding our own business, handling our duties and spending as much time as possible with our children — holding them, hugging ...
OK dads, let’s talk. Here we are, minding our own business, ...
For a long time the girls rarely acknowledged each other’s existence.
Maybe it was their eyesight being very poor as newborns. Or it could have been they didn’...
For a long time the girls rarely acknowledged each other’s e...
You get used to being needed after a while. There is an absolute dependence when your baby needs you to pick her up, feed her, burp her, change her or bathe her...
You get used to being needed after a while. There is an abso...
There are milkshakes all the time at our place, and sometimes smoothies too.
The girls are six months old now and have made a huge step in their food journey. ...
There are milkshakes all the time at our place, and sometime...
Walking around Hong Kong with the babies is a peculiar experience.
The southern area of the region where we live is generally known as the more reserved and po...
Walking around Hong Kong with the babies is a peculiar exper...
Whoever said it would only take “a few days” for me to get over jet lag — you’re a liar and we’re not friends anymore.
As soon as 3pm rolls around, it feels l...
Whoever said it would only take “a few days” for me to get o...
I write to you from underneath five suitcases, five carry-ons, two baby seats and that lifetime supply of diapers I told you about in one of my first columns.
...
I write to you from underneath five suitcases, five carry-on...
Sometimes opportunities arise which you hadn’t really considered before. Maybe it’s a job or a new experience; when you have a family you have to consider the i...
Sometimes opportunities arise which you hadn’t really consid...
Mama”, “dada”, “ineluctable”. These are some possible first words any parent is waiting with bated breath to hear their child speak.
OK, maybe not all of them ...
Mama”, “dada”, “ineluctable”. These are some possible first ...
You never really consider how powerful our colour association is in the Western world until you dress your daughter in blue or green to leave the house.
Blue is...
You never really consider how powerful our colour associatio...
In honour of the Rio Olympics, where gladly, it came off without any international incidents (beside Mr Lochte’s interesting tales to the police), I want to sha...
In honour of the Rio Olympics, where gladly, it came off wit...
Inevitably, there comes a time when you want to leave the house with your newborn(s). After a few weeks of shielding them from all the sun, wind and rain, the b...
Inevitably, there comes a time when you want to leave the ho...
I always seem to get far more praise than my wife does when we are taking our babies out in public.
People seem to respond to my very limited and humble skill ...
I always seem to get far more praise than my wife does when ...
I’ve made a wonderful mistake. My twins have been finding it difficult to settle after they feed at night, so I let them fall asleep listening to my heartbeat. ...
I’ve made a wonderful mistake. My twins have been finding it...
There will be days when nothing goes right. The baby will be endlessly upset and you won’t know why but it will leave you stressed and tired, looking at your to...
There will be days when nothing goes right. The baby will be...
We’ve all seen the routine: cries of duress from a helpless soul are heard by a sleepless protagonist who swoops in and saves the day.
There’s times when we all...
We’ve all seen the routine: cries of duress from a helpless ...
My tired thoughts for all new and/or expectant parents out there: get your rest when you can.
All of you older parents know this truth already.
Let me start at...
My tired thoughts for all new and/or expectant parents out t...
Husayn Symonds
I have a lot of respect for gardeners and farmers. Their craft is probably the most important in human history — next to the internet and the inv...
Husayn Symonds
I have a lot of respect for gardeners and far...
So let me start with a joke. What do you call a group of parents? A worry (cue rimshot). That might only be funny to me, but maybe it’s best to be lighthearted ...
So let me start with a joke. What do you call a group of par...
Mother’s Day! It crept up on me this year, like a combination of a hurricane and tsunami.
I probably feel this way in part from a growing sense of total lack o...
Mother’s Day! It crept up on me this year, like a combinatio...
Even though my wife and I plan to make every effort to avoid creating competition between our babies, we’ve probably already started. Which one is moving more? ...
Even though my wife and I plan to make every effort to avoid...
Something which I think is important for my children to learn early, and which my wife is a great example of (you can tell her I said that), is giving maximum e...
Something which I think is important for my children to lear...
There is a slight chance that my children will be born into a world where Tottenham Hotspur could be Barclays Premier League champions.
For those of you who kn...
There is a slight chance that my children will be born into ...
I imagine, sometimes, that little babies in the womb are just like us in this life.
They can’t see beyond the limits of their little world into the next one; th...
I imagine, sometimes, that little babies in the womb are jus...
One of my really good friends is also having a child this spring and we were on WhatsApp the other day, talking about how prepared we are (AREN’T) to be fathers...
One of my really good friends is also having a child this sp...
Are you afraid? I know you must be scared, twins on the way. You must be so nervous.
The amount of times I’ve been asked these questions is interesting. Unders...
Are you afraid? I know you must be scared, twins on the way....
