I first wrote this blog on shared parental leave for PitterPatterPither. It was a few months into my wife’s maternity leave before she looked at me and asked: – “Do you want to share the leave?”. It wasn’t something I’d really considered. The blur of two weeks paternity leave post-birth aside, I was of the opinion the […]

Decluttering guru – and current darling of Netflix – Marie Kondo asks the family she’s been drafted in from Japan to help, drowning in a lifetime of accumulated possessions, whether each item they own ‘sparks joy?’. If not, her minimalist doctrine dictates they should rid themselves of that possession. She taps into a trend that […]

My daughter turned one this week to much fanfare and garish gifts from gushing family members, each with flashing lights and mid-Atlantic robotic accents. While it’s largely an arbitrary milestone – particularly for the child – it is perhaps the first of significance. At least as far as the NHS is concerned, I am now […]