In July last year, my wife and I swapped roles after I was made redundant. I made hundreds of attempts to find another job as a manager but failed, so my wife gave up being a full-time mum and went out to work. I started writing my blog as a chronicle of life-change and how I cope with being a very reluctant housedad to my nine-year-old stepdaughter and our two sons, aged six and three, and how my Successful Other Half copes with the fallout.
Since then, I have written for a variety of publications, including the Daily Mail, Good Housekeeping and Parentdish. Below are links to a selection of my articles….
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1364431/Confessions-VERY-reluctant-house-husband.html
http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/06/08/our-stay-at-home-dads-top-10-parenting-tips/
http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/05/16/dads-should-take-extended-paternity-leave-for-toddlers-not-babi/
http://reluctanthousedad.com/2011/07/14/read-all-about-it-my-new-housedads-article-for-good-housekeeping-magazine/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2004509/Social-mobility-So-YOU-posher-parents.html
http://www.daddybegood.com/archives/playing/a-reluctant-housedad-finds-he-is-not-so-reluctant
http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/07/29/children-need-to-be-taught-that-losing-is-part-of-real-life/
http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/06/24/bunfight-at-the-class-tea/
http://www.netmums.com/blog?be_id=95
http://onlydadsonlybob.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/dad-challenges-in-2011/
Excellent blog. Love reading about parenthood from a dad’s point of view!
I’m in a similar situation; I too was made redundant & at the moment am the main carer for our 15-month-old twins.
I look forward to reading of your adventures!
Hi
We are about to do the same thing.. so have directed my hubby to your site! love reading everything and hope HE can get some comfort from your blog! lol.
Thanks
Em
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Wow! I just found you through Anne at Domesblissity. What an interesting story. I can’t wait to find our more of it.
That’s very kind. Thank you
my partner is the stay at home dad whilst i go to college and look for work, i was the stay at home parent for a long time but with the cost of childcare and my partner being made redundant a lot we set about swapping roles. i didnt know any other house dads but since i started blogging ive found a fair few!
And now I have nominated you for an award
http://pinkoddy.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/the-versatile-award/
Its good to hear another dad declare their reluctance for the almighty challenge (and of course very rewarding) of stay at home dadding. I wrote my own post on the same subject – http://daddownunder.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/88/
I recently discovered and I’m hooked. I wander how the headhunting thing went…will there be any changes coming up?
Hiya Keith,
Great blog. Nice to see your face after all these years. I’ll follow your blog and link to it from my site. Sue x