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30 Unique ways to spell the name Unique
Mar 26 2014- Michael Shilling
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I got a lovely text from my friend the other day with a picture of his newborn baby and all the usual vital statistics. Born at 4:48am, poor guy I thought, he must have had a long night.
But it was the last bit of the message really caught my attention “name still be debated”.
That’s a foolish thing to send to me I thought, he should know better.
Is all we want a healthy baby?
Mar 19 2014- Michael Shilling
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All we want is a healthy baby
I wonder how many people ACTUALLY believe this statement when they’re saying it? I can understand if it’s a statement that comes with some history and I’m not saying that everyone doesn’t hope for a healthy baby.
What I’m suggesting is that is not ALL want people want. Or maybe it is, maybe pregnancy turns you into an idealist where nothing in life phases you if you have your health.
My wife falls over
Mar 12 2014- Michael Shilling
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There’s a misconception that women are great at multitasking and my wife is proof of that. I’m not suggesting that men are better at dealing with more than one task at a time either, I’m writing this article on a train and I’ve just missed my stop.
Baby Playlist
Mar 05 2014- Michael Shilling
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A few weeks ago all of my wife’s pregnancy apps started telling us that baby can hear now. The general consensus from all of these apps are that we should sing to our unborn child.
Strangely there’s nothing about discouraging parents from reading the Daily Mail out loud but I guess that’s just common sense.
I’m by no stretch of the imagination a vocalist but in my twenties I did have a thing for thing for singing Sinatra at the karaoke.
My wife thought it was a good idea to put me in the spot and told me “Sing to your baby”. At the time I couldn’t think of any songs that I actually knew the words to so I just hummed a few.
1st time dad at The Baby Show
Feb 28 2014- Michael Shilling
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Last weekend I attended The Baby Show at London’s Excel Exhibition centre. If you’ve been following my Sympathy Pains articles you’ll know that my wife and I are expecting our first child this summer so my reasons for attending the show weren’t all work related.
Obviously I had my London Mums press hat on and my Baby Photographer sunglasses but I was wrapped firmly in a cape of first-time-dadness.
