Tag: children
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Are You Ready to Have Friends with Kids?
Are You Ready to Have Friends with Kids? (The New Yorker) Once you have friends with kids, your life is no longer about you. It’s about your friends’ kids. Having friends with kids is a huge responsibility. It’s not for everyone. Maybe you like swearing, and having a child in the room would cut into …
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Games to Play With Your Child in Which You Barely Have to Move or Talk
Games to Play With Your Child in Which You Barely Have to Move or Talk by by Raquel D'Apice (The Ugly Volvo) I see a lot of ideas online for things to do with your child, but most of them are a lot of work. Many of them involve an unnerving amount of craftiness and/or …
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Review of Cygnet Nursery Kidlington Ltd
This review of Cygnet Nursery Kidlington Ltd originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Cygnet Nursery Kidlington Ltd, 44-45 Evenlode Cres, Kidlington OX5 1RF, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loving, friendly staff provide a great environment for fun and development for babies through preschoolers. Failed an Ofsted inspection in 2016 but were swiftly …
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Science! (for toddlers)
Nobody is too young for science! Dan shares some of his toddler-friendly science activities.
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A Suitable Blog
Dan writes the 594,000th (surviving) word in his blog, making it longer than virtually every novel, and reveals that his family will be getting a little larger this year.
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This morning my partner's daughter chained two words together for the first time :-)
She's 16 months old and while she's gotten the hang of a few words (notably "cat" - she's very interested in cats), this morning she surprised and delighted us all as I took her off to nursery by turning to her mother, waving, and saying "buh-bye mum-muh." Totally adorable.
The little tyke herself.
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Six Tiny Months
On Monday, Tiny turned 6 months old. For half a year now, I’ve been a parent. It still feels pretty weird to call myself that, though. Parent is a word that conjures up a mental image of someone strong, nurturing, patient, and above all who knows all the answers. In many ways, I feel more …
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The Snip, Part 2
Dan is rendered sterile, and takes a picture of the removed parts of his vas deferens to share with you, along with his write-up of the entire procedure. Aren't you lucky.
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The Snip, Part 1
It's been a long time coming, but next week, after years of promising, Dan is finally going to put his genitals where his mouth is and get himself a vasectomy. Here's why...
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Seven Billion
In a little over a month, the world population is expected to reach seven billion. Seven. Fucking. Billion. Dan thinks that we might already have too many humans, and - even if we don't - we will pretty soon, and explains how this realisation has impacted on his decision to not breed.
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Insanity Clause
This was one of my most-popular articles in 2009. If you enjoyed it, you might also enjoy:
The Ten Weirdest Sex Toys I've ever seen (2009)!
A dirty-looking calendar I found at work (2011).
My beliefs about why it's wrong to lie to children about Santa (2009), complete with pictures of naughty elves. … -
"Daniel nearly 22 months"
Dan, then 22 months old, has a picture taken in a photo booth.