Category: Paternal Thoughts
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Dance Little Monkey, Dance!
The Little Monkey is channelling the spirit of the mid-90s-era internet this week, fusing two early memes into one painfully ironic and knowing super-meme: a dancing baby in a Hampster Dance style. Marvellous. It’s also pleasing to know that those hamsters are still dancing their socks off, all these years later.
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Baby’s First… Bathtime
Being a baby must be overwhelming at times; practically every day involves doing something for the first time. No wonder they need to sleep so much. But for the parents, all these firsts are really rather wonderful. Our Little Monkey wasn’t entirely sure about his first bath; after a minute of concentrating, trying to figure…
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A Fortnight of Fatherhood
Our Little Monkey arrived two weeks ago, which seems as good a reason as any to write down a few trifles that I have noticed in my first days of fatherhood. Doubtless, these are not original thoughts in the grand scheme of things, but they are for me, and what’s a blog for if not…
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Toby’s Hit Parade
The musical landscape at the time of one’s birth is fun to muse upon, and the quality of the song that’s at number one in the hit parade seems disproportinately significant. I got Mull of Kintyre by Wings, which isn’t terrible, but it’s hardly Sir McCartney’s finest work; and the top 40 that week is…
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Everything a Baby Needs to Know
In the weeks before the arrival of the Little Monkey, I encountered the same Kurt Vonnegut quote twice, independently, as I bimbled around the internet. I wasn’t even looking for anything to do with Vonnegut or babies, and yet here was a wonderful quote that captured my feelings almost exactly. It’s from God Bless You,…
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The Arrival of a Little Monkey
Toby Charles Allen (whose intellectual close friends get to call him T.C.), was born at 9:03am, on Wednesday 29th June 2011 (just missed Tau Day…) He’s a sturdy 8 lbs 10 oz, and is happy and healthy, as are both his parents.