We had a baby. Then we had some cakes. It's hard to sum up the first year of being a parent. It was, at various times, tiring and stressful and boring and exhilarating and hilarious and hard. Time moved slow, like a glacier, but also incredibly fast, like a person

Before Freddie was born, I told people I didn't think we'd take him anywhere for at least a year. I've watched friends who have had children basically spend the first months of their kid's life conducting a travelling roadshow, driving from place to place to let other people meet their

The world of baby products is a world I was almost entirely unfamiliar with before we decided to have a baby. Now I can't escape it. The modern wonder of the internet means the second you search something like "what is a baby" or "wtf am I having a baby"

Q: So, uh, how's it going? A: Geez, you're not wasting any time, are you? Couldn't you have started with a more straightforward question? Like, "damn, how about this weather?" or "big plans for the long weekend?" You know, small talk. Let's break the ice a bit. Build up to

Sleep has always been very important to me. I crave it. I enjoy it. I am quite good at it. Part of the reason I like working as a freelance writer is that I get to greatly limit the days where the harsh shrill of an alarm wakes me up.