arun on Apr 02 2010 | Filed under: conflict & communication, dad stuff, family diary
I have sunk to new parenting lows. Since the birth of our third child I’ve truly been getting to know my “inner Homer”, and it’s not pretty!
We absolutely love H (that’s our wonderful new baby, not Homer) and we feel incredibly, incredibly, incredibly blessed by his arrival… but at the same time it has been […]
arun on Jul 11 2009 | Filed under: birth, dad stuff, family diary, pregnancy & birth
About 12 hours after my last post, we were joined by H.
Anne was absolutely amazing yet again. The determination and raw, unbridled power she displays during birth are breath taking. H was birthed in the water tub which was fortunately full and heated. He was a big bub — 10.2 pounds.
His birth was fast — […]
arun on Apr 22 2008 | Filed under: cartoons, dad stuff, homeschooling
Ive been uninspired about writing recently… so thought id draw instead. Hopefully this family will make a regular appearance in the pit…
click on the image below for a full size pic in a new window…
[note: you can reproduce any of these cartoons so long as you: 1) leave a comment or drop me a line […]
arun on Mar 06 2008 | Filed under: dad stuff, pit stops
Welcome to a new monthly feature for the Parenting Pit… The Pit Stop, which will highlight wonderful parenting sites & resources around particular themes each month.
I wanted to kick off the first Pit Stop with two sites from other Dads, although the content is relevant to all parents:
SCOTT NOELLE’S ENJOY PARENTING
If you have been around […]
arun on Sep 19 2007 | Filed under: 0 to 2 year old, attachment parenting, birth, dad stuff, parenting, pregnancy & birth
(warning – this post discusses male genetalia and bodily fluids – please place a calm blue ocean in your minds eye and skip to the next post if such references shock, offend or make you feel slightly queasy)
Sperm Donor… At worst that’s what we guys are in the “miracle of life” equation.
For Mum’s there is […]
arun on Jun 06 2007 | Filed under: *favourites*, dad stuff, education, homeschooling, newbies, parenting, unschooling
I keep meeting and hearing of Mums who want to unschool & practice non coercive parenting but are having problems bringing their hubbys along for the ride. Originally I had planned to write a series of “letter to Dads”, in trying to communicate the great potential and benefits of these approaches.
I was half way through […]
arun on Apr 24 2007 | Filed under: dad stuff, education, homeschooling, looking out, others wisdom, work from home
I secretly suspect that Eleanor Sparks is infact about six people.
If you have not come accross her yet – she is one of the most high profile proponents of homeschooling in Australia, she is a homeschool mum of five kids, she publishes Australia’s main homeschool magazine Education Choices and she is the key organiser […]
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