If you are searching for 11 month old baby milestones real life reviews online, you will quickly find plenty of sterile medical looking checklists detailing fine motor skills, weight charts, and recommended sleep hours. While those medical checklists might be helpful, they don’t give you the full picture of what living with an 11-month-old is … Read more
Setting up a minimalist dad’s emergency car kit for your baby is one of the best ways to avoid getting caught short when you are out and about with a baby. When you become a parent, it is easy to fall into the trap of over packing. You see online guides telling you to keep … Read more
I am not sure how much longer I can keep calling our daughter “the baby”, we are getting super close to toddlerhood! One of those huge developmental milestones happened yesterday: her official first day at nursery. Even though we booked her place months ago, the reality hit as a bit of a shock to the … Read more
Compared to just a month ago, our daughter has undergone a massive developmental surge. Between 7 and 9 months, her progress felt steady and she was growing bigger and stronger, but she wasn’t quite putting all the pieces together. Suddenly, everything seems to have hit her at once. Understanding these rapid 10 month old behaviour … Read more
We decided to try chair method for sleep training a 10 month old because having baby fall asleep in our arms for every nap and bedtime just wasn’t sustainable anymore. She’s getting too big and it’s taking longer and longer. With our daughter also going through a brutal sleep regression, we committed to a 5-day … Read more
Establishing a predictable 10 month old bedtime routine can feel like running a daily military operation. Taking roughly 30 to 40 minutes to wind down gives our daughter a clear signal that the day is ending. Depending on how smoothly we execute the bedtime routine, it usually dictates how much sleep we all get that … Read more
When it came to preparing dog for newborn life, we knew our 5-year-old Jack Russell terrier Benny was going to experience a massive shift. He’s full of energy, bright, and very much used to having all our attention. We knew that bringing a baby home would be the biggest shift to ever happen to his … Read more
This isn’t a review. This isn’t a helpful “5 tips to fix sleep” post. I normally try and do a bit of SEO for these posts, but this is none of that. This is just me venting. 10 month sleep regression is awful I. Am. So. Tired. What’s even more annoying is that she’s being … Read more
Running an Ergobaby Embrace washing machine cycle is completely safe and straightforward. Can you put an Ergobaby Embrace through the washing machine? Yes, you can put an Ergobaby Embrace through the washing machine safely. When you use a baby sling every single day, it quickly becomes a magnet for milk, drool, general muck and the … Read more
Advice for expecting dads usually boils down to generic lists about buying nappies, but becoming a dad is the single biggest shift in your life. It stops being just about you and your wife, and suddenly you have to figure out what kind of father you actually want to be. Looking back ten months on, … Read more
Paternity leave for dads usually passes in a complete blur, and sitting here trying to write about mine 10 months on, I can confirm God it went by fast. I completely get it now when people say “the days are long, but the years are short.” Since our daughter arrived in October 2025, time has … Read more
If you’re currently sitting on Google at 11 PM searching “9 month old showing no signs of crawling,” take a deep breath. Two weeks before turning 10 months old, our daughter was showing absolutely zero interest in moving across the floor. I was genuinely convinced she was going to skip crawling entirely. Then, literally overnight, … Read more
I recently made a move that many music fans are quietly considering: ditching Spotify for CDs / MP3s. Why? Because I realised I was paying over £150 a year just to listen to the exact same 50 songs on repeat during my daily drive. Between work, surviving 9-month-old behaviour changes at home, and making sure … Read more
“Dan, what are you doing? Starting a blog in 2026? Don’t you know blogging is dead? SEO is dead, blogs are trash, don’t you know AI is taking over, you won’t make any money. Everyone is on TikTok, YouTube, or podcasts, that’s where the money is!” Is it, though? I’ve spent over 10 years creating … Read more
A few days ago, I wrote an honest post about the challenging 9-month-old behaviour changes we’re currently battling, from changing mat escapes to baby biting. But parenting isn’t all backaches and battle-cries! For every chaotic moment at this stage, there’s an absolute golden milestone that makes you stop, smile, and think: “Yeah, this dad gig … Read more