This week our Brilliant Dad Feature is Luke. He is a 30 something first time dad living in the fine city of Norwich in the UK. He is new to blogging starting his blog just last October. He is the first of his friends to have a baby, and has found blogging a great network…
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My Two Eldest Daughters Have Grown Up
Read moreThere was definitely a point in my mid to late teens that it was not cool to be seen in public with my parents. In my case it was just my mum. The days of going to Tesco to do the weekly shop was a big NO NO! Just in case I bumped into any…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 101
Read moreThis week is the start of our second century of the Brilliant Dad Feature and this week it’s Kevin who is from Canada. Kevin blogs at Dadsense he says Raising a baby in urban Canada has its challenges, but with a little patience and clever planning they make it work. His blog Dadsense is an…
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Brilliant Dad Feature 100. It’s Me!
Read moreWell it’s the brilliant dad feature week 100. I did ask a few celebrities, but unfortunately Matt Damon, Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson were too busy filming so I guess you will have to put up with me little old DIY Daddy! A little bit about me. I’m a dad to five children. Four…
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The Four Tiers of Blogging
Read moreI have recently given a lot of thought to the world of blogging and how divided this cyber world of writing has become, but also how competitive and cut throat it is. Every day many new blogs start up and many blogs come to a halt because many people simply don’t have the time and…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 97
Read moreThis week our Brilliant Dad Feature is Benny. He recently quit his job as an auctioneer to become a stay at home parent, which he says he loves. He decided to start a blog called Daddy Poppins to help him meet others in similar situations, allowing him to write and tell jokes and generally give…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 96
Read moreThis week the brilliant dad feature is Andrew. He is a 32 year old Helicopter pilot with the Royal Air Force, and is currently taking advantage of 100 days Shared Parental Leave. It’s still rather rare for a pilot to take this leave and so people were very curious how he would get on with…
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The Trust Between Bloggers and PR’S is Fascinating
Read moreThe trust between bloggers and PR’s has never ceased to fascinate me. I, like a lot of other Bloggers do sponsored work for money and all of this is completly done on trust. Trust that you will be paid. There of course is no guarantee that they may. The only proof we have as bloggers…
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Parent Bloggers. Are We Putting Our Children in Danger as They get Older
Read moreAs a parent blogger I have begun to wonder that as I chronicle my four year old twin girls lives, am I leaving them open to ridicule and bullying from school friends or friends as they grow older? The thought that crossed my mind is are we possibly giving out too much information about our…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 95
Read moreThis week the Brilliant Dad Feature is all about the awesome dad blogger Rich. His blog is called One Hull Of A Dad. Rich is from Hull in the UK where he lives with his wife, Kerry, and their two children. He works for a large craft retailer as a store manager. He has been blogging…
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Good-Bye Puf
Read moreA few days ago I said good-bye to an old friend called Puf. Well not quite friend, but we had a relationship for over 15 years. I had Puf as soon as he came off the factory line, yes you guessed it! My car, Puf, was a Renault Scenic and we had many good times…
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5 New Dad Bloggers to watch out for in 2017
Read moreAt the end of December I wrote a post called my 5 five favourite bloggers of 2016. I have read through the course of a year probably hundreds of posts and I’m always on the look-out for new dad bloggers. I find many new ones through my regular weekly feature, the Brilliant Dad Feature, and…
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Dad Bloggers Will Always Be the Minority
Read moreAs a Dad blogger I often read how we are always in the minority in the blogging world and in truth I really don’t see that changing any time soon. I don’t know the exact stats, but I would imagine for every dad that starts a blog there are numerous mum’s starting a blog, but…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 93
Read moreAfter our festive break we are back with my regular weekly Brilliant Dad Feature. To kick-off 2017 we have the awesome blogger Giles who blogs at the London based dad blog YOU THE DADDY. Giles is a first time dad giving a guy’s perspective on pregnancy, babies and parenthood. You can follow his regular articles…
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It’s Been a Crazy Year On the Blog Achievements & Aims
Read moreIt really hard to imagine that 12 months ago I was a fairly anonymous dad blogger plodding away, writing about my kids and family with actually no real plan or aim where the blog was going to go. I’m actually not sure I was that bothered either. It was for me, an online diary for…
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Brilliant dad feature week 90
Read moreThis week our brilliant dad feature is Robin and he blogs at Dandy Dad. Check out his blog, it’s a fanastic read and I’m sure you will be hooked on his take towards parenting. He is a first-time father at 40, his daughter Martha was born in October 2016. He likes to think that he…
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When is a Blog no longer a Blog
Read moreThis is a question I have asked myself many times in the last six months. A blog by definition is an online diary of one person’s views or ramblings on a subject of their choice which of course could be parenting, cooking, beauty or indeed any subject they wish to choose to write about and…
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Talking openly with your children
Read moreI have been a parent a long time now and one of the most important lessons I have learnt is to have an open relationship with them all. To never to be frightened or worried about talking about any subject with them. What I have also learnt is that broaching certain topics which can often…
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Brilliant Dad Feature week 79
Read moreThis week our brilliant dad is the awesome blogger, vlogger and absolutely fantastic photographer, Darren. He blogs at Photalife.com and also has a blog called LoveAllDads.co.uk. He is also the person that also runs the the truly brilliant linky called #MySundayPhoto. Thank you so much to Darren for taking part. 1. Have you always wanted to…
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How far will you go to keep your kids happy?
Read moreLast Saturday we went to a birthday party at a local soft play venue called Funtastic. R is very particular as a child, actually she is bordering OCD at the tender age of four. There are three things that must go with her everywhere. One is her Nike cap, one is her turtle sunglasses and this…
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Brilliant dad feature week 77
Read moreThis week our Brilliant Dad Feature is Glenn. He lives in Aberdeenshire in Scotland, and is married to Mrs D. They have a 20 month old daughter called Sophia, and they have another one on the way or player 2 as Glenn has taken to referring to the soon to be new arrival! They don’t know…
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