Being a Dad in the 21st Century

"So, it works now. Just don't press that button on the iPad again. What? Really?!? How? You pressed the button on the iPad again didn't you..."

"Don’t eat that off the floor! I know, I sort of ate that off the floor first but that doesn’t mean that you can eat that off the floor. Trust me I know what I’m talking about." 

"Why won’t you get in the bath? Oh OK – I‘ll get in the bath too. Ah…it’s alright…peeing in the bath is fine…it’s all water anyway! But, we're having a shower after this bath now. I know you don’t like the shower but that’s what happens when you pee in our bath! You might have second thoughts about that peeing thing next time round, hey?" 

Welcome to Dad-hood! 

These are some of the conversations we have in our apartment. This what it's like being a single Dad to a little boy in the 21st century. It's pretty simple in theory. The only rule is loving a little someone as much as I can!! And that's pretty easy to do. Unfortunately, it's not quite so easy in practice... 

I’ve met so many interesting people fathering my son. I’ve learnt a lot from them and, I think, they’ve learned a little something from me. I write a lot professionally and personally and talking with friends got me thinking. They were often interested in what I shared with them about our adventures raising one another (yes – that is what it feels like sometimes!) here in the Pacific Northwest. So, ‘Pacific Northwest Dad’ was born…  

Apparently there are a lot of us – Daddy Bloggers that is – so I guess I’m not a lone voice in the wilderness. Though we do have a lot of wilderness up here in the Pacific Northwest! It’s nice to be one voice of many. After all, that’s how community is formed.  

I'll be posting up here once a week but more often on our Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest pages. We'd love to have you follow our adventures there too! 

I'm looking forward to sharing my musings and writings with you about raising my boy!