PARENTING BEGINS AT 40

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A FIRST TIME DAD'S ADVENTURES IN FATHERHOOD AT THE RIPE OLD 'MIDDLE-AGE' OF 40, AND BEYOND.

Mumma and I tried having kids for over 10 years. 9 failed attempts at IVF, a few miscarriages and a trip to a Balinese Witch Doctor, but still no dice. Then suddenly at the age of 40, we were blessed with our first naturally occurring chatterbox and two years later, blessed again. It is nothing short of an absolute 'miracle'. This blog captures my comedic adventures in fatherhood at the ripe old 'middle-age' of 40 and beyond.

  • WHERE FOR ART THOU?

    AUTHOR: // CATEGORY: 1st Trimester, Thoughts

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    So, we’re at the 10 week mark, and I’m feeling a sense of distance between us…

    About 3231 miles…to be exact!

    Absence makes the heart grow fonder…but totally worries the shit, out of the mind!

    Dorothy is back to Oz (for 4 weeks), while I man the fort in Bali, and move all our stuff into another villa in Seminyak.

    Our only communication is through dodgy video Skype chats, with strict instructions to only let me see her…

    From the “boobs”, up!…No sneak belly peeks, ’til her return.

    Who am I to complain at that suggestion? (Okay…it was my suggestion). (more…)

  • OH, WO-ES HER

    AUTHOR: // CATEGORY: 1st Trimester, Body Functions

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    I never realised MORNING SICKNESS, would be a bit like…

    The opening beach scene from…Saving Private Ryan!

    It’s violent, gruesome, incessant and…I’m sure I heard a lung come up, (at least once).

    And just as it was, as a spectator to the atrocities on the beach from the safety of my cinema seat, I find myself squelching and squirming at the atrocities happening in our bathroom…and feeling equally as powerless to do anything to help my poor, lovely, Private Ryan.

    I wish there was something I could do to help. I feel as useless as a no-armed man in a frisbee throwing contest.

    That sweaty little face with the morky expression, the reddened cheeks of total exhaustion, the complete and utter depletion of a body, fully spent(I can’t believe I look that bad, when all I’m doing is watching).

    But remember…the “no touching” rule, is still in effect! (more…)

  • TIP #1 – KEEP HER HAPPY

    AUTHOR: // CATEGORY: 1st Trimester, Tips

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    So, being a first time dad at 40, I’ve made an interesting discovery, very early on.

    Keep in mind, your lady is going through some changes. Physically, emotionally…mentally.

    Assume…NOTHING.

    Embrace…CHANGE.

    Change of mood, change of mind, change of personality…and it can all happen in an instant!

    #1 tip for keeping your lady happy – LOVE HER

    She needs your love. She wants your love and the best way to support her through those changes…is to love her

    BUT…

    Don’t touch me!

    Don’t breathe on me!

    Don’t move around me…please! (more…)

  • ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN…

    AUTHOR: // CATEGORY: 1st Trimester, Ultrasound

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    Another giant leap, for mankind…or womankind, (still too early to tell yet).

    And no…that’s no crater on the moon, that’s a bubba. Holy cow, it’s really in there!

    That just makes it all so much more “real”. We could even see the heartbeat, beating like a little flicky thing, that…flicks…more often than a couch potato channel surfing. (more…)

I'm a comedian, screenwriter and HomeDad to two gorgeous kids and a hubby to a most brilliant wife and Mumma.

  • COMEDIAN

    Comedy is in my blood. Seriously, last week I cut my finger and three clowns fell out.

  • SCREENWRITER

    I write feature film and television screenplays and one time, at band camp, I wrote my name in the snow.

  • HOMEDAD

    To two little scruffins who are the absolute apples of my eye, the bees to my knees and the pain in my…oh, hey kids, Daddy’s working.

Who said you could look at my stuff? Well, okay. Seeing as you came all the way down here, but please don't feed the elephant in the corner. I'm the one who has to clean it up afterwards and it can get pretty 'whiffy' down here, let me tell you.

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