When your babe sleeps like an angel on the moons of Iego (I think), the world’s all smiles. But as soon as they become a grumbling rancor, don’t you find that, suddenly, everyone knows best? I hit that mothering milestone the other day – mum-shaming. In the post […]
Lorelei is smiling now, and since she’s started there’s been (almost) no stopping her. There seems to be no end of reasons for her to get that twinkle in her eye; a song or simple face-pulling game, getting her nappy changed, or seeing our bleary faces in the […]
Going to my first local play group with Lorelei, I was nervous but braver than I would have expected. I was even a bit excited, as I always am at the thought of showing off my daughter to anyone new. So I stepped out into glorious sunshine and […]
This year I became a father and, as promised by all and sundry, it has irrevocably changed my life in big beautiful ways. But it’s the small things that have had the greatest impact, subtle shifts in the way I see the world, or how now my baby […]
We’ve been sharing our favourite things with Lorelei since her first days in the world, starting with A New Hope the night we brought her home. But now she’s a month old, she’s recognising and responding to the songs and sounds that mean the most to us. […]
To me, the grotesque Thala-sirens who gave Luke his daily green milk had a bizarre beauty when I first saw The Last Jedi on the big screen. Still pregnant with my daughter, I was aware that I would take on the same thankless task they carried out with […]
Being a parent is a lot like the force, in that balance is the best approach, something I’m becoming increasingly aware of. Between us, Elisabeth and I have become a complete support system for our daughter. Yet it’s an impossibility to be forever together, the three of us. […]
Since Dominic’s paternity leave ended and I’ve been home alone with Lorelei, I’ve had varying levels of luck getting used to the new routine (or lack thereof). My days were once devoted to my writing, but now they’re sporadic, lethargic, time-stretched and more beautiful than I could imagine. […]
It’s a difficult thing, trying to be the best parent possible whilst also beating back the gathering thunderclouds of tiredness and migraine. Last night felt by far the longest in the three weeks since Lorelei was born. Though the hours were much the same as they’d been every […]
Despite the forbiddance of attachment in the Jedi Order, it’s inevitable that masters will develop some affection for their Padawans. For apprentices, often plucked from their parents at tender ages, their masters become parental figures by proxy. More than that, they are role models, imparting life lessons, the […]
