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Christmas is great, but so too is routine

The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal Going back to a full working week last week brought plenty of challenges. But, when you are a parent of two toddlers, it brings its own benefits too. Christmas in years gone by was often very lazy, with late nights, sleep ...

14 Jan 2020 at 16:12

Living

Learning from the best

The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal Times are bad when your two-year-old is educating you. And I’m not on about perspective and importance in life. I’m on about actually teaching me something I didn’t know. I came into the sitting room one day and Frankie ...

05 Nov 2019 at 13:07

Living

Mirror, mirror, two-feet tall

The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal You get a sense of the responsibilities you have as parents when you see how impressionable your kids are. Every single thing we do or say is likely to be repeated by our daughter, Frankie. So if, first thing in the ...

09 Apr 2019 at 13:41

Living

A sick house

The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal You often hear parents talking about the transformative effect that having kids has on their lives. There’s a massive dent in your social life, no weekend lie-ins, little time to relax in the evening and watch TV ...

26 Feb 2019 at 14:42

Living

Gory stories and ear worms

The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal There are many ways you know your life has changed and you’re now a parent. Early starts, dirty nappies and, for better or worse, much less freedom than you had before the kids came along. But when you’re ...

29 Jan 2019 at 17:35

Living

Off to sleep you go

Éamon makes a fibber out of his dad, while charming all around The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal In the last few weeks I’ve been accused of giving our Éamon a bad name. I’ve had a few moans in this column about how hard he is to get to ...

30 Jul 2019 at 12:16

Living

Sleepless in Achill

The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal There’s a story often told around Castlebar about the new roundabout on the Breaffy Road, just past Harvey Norman. Well, it’s not new, in the sense it has been open for ten years, but the only turnoff ...

23 Apr 2019 at 14:01

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Happy out of her nappy

The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal Last week was a big week in the house. We now officially have only one child in nappies, as Frankie took a big step forward and is now toilet trained. But it was a traumatic experience – for all of ...

30 Aug 2019 at 08:58

Living

Whatever it takes

The Day Diary Edwin McGreal I must look like quite the sight in Dooega, doubling back on a 100 metre stretch of road again and again with Éamon in his pram. Neighbours might wonder am I scoping their house - no; or covering ...

18 Jun 2019 at 14:21

Living

Take That and never forget

The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal “Go,” I insisted. “I’ll be fine.” Aisling was a bit reluctant about going to Take That last Monday. I wouldn’t be a fan of them myself, but my wife certainly is and I knew how excited she was ...

07 May 2019 at 14:25

Living

Learning the lingo

The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal We all take talking and being able to communicate with words for granted, but it must be a magical feeling for a toddler to be able to talk and finally let their parents know what they want. ...

12 Feb 2019 at 12:45

Living

Are you sitting comfortably?

The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal Back in a more carefree time, in the summer of 2016, I was en route to a stag in Kilkenny when one of our travelling crew had to do a bit of long-distance parenting. His wife was at home ...

15 Jan 2019 at 15:34

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