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Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Wrenching

    You hear about it, you see it in films, read it in books, but nothing prepared me for the feeling when I had to leave my wife and son back in Europe and head back home to work. I’m not unemotional, but I was completely taken aback by how powerful the feeling was when it […]

  • The First Journey

    With some trepidation the trip home approached. This would also be the first on an aeroplane for our Little Boy, and considering one half of the family suffers from bad ears on flights, it was a little worrying – especially as the flight is seven hours long. Purposely we had chosen a night flight as […]

  • A Song for a Smile

    I discovered a song my little boy likes.

  • Boys Outing

      Today, Father and Son headed out to the shops on our own. For the first time. The shops are literally a five minute drive, and before we had even arrived we had received a message asking “All ok?”. 15 minutes later we had another asking “When we are coming home” – I think Mummy […]

  • Angel Spotting

    There is nothing much to look at on the ceiling in our apartment, or on any other ceiling usually. So what do babies look at? At first we thought he was looking at the light fitting but he wasn’t. Followed by laughing and chuckling as though he might be conversing with something, or someone. We […]

  • Another Learning Experience

    Being new parents we, like all other new parents, seem to have a tendency to get overly worried or protective. There is nothing wrong with this of course, and it is the norm but it does cause some difficult situations. In the middle of this week our Baby Boy started to regurgitate his milk – […]

  • Pink for a Boy, Blue for a Girl?

    Many times as we visit different places with Baby, people have always said nice things when they see him. One thing we have noticed though is that some cannot figure out basic signs. If, for example, you saw a Baby dressed mostly in blue with little anchor motifs all over, would you still ask the […]

  • The Birth II

    We were lucky enough to find a superb Gynaecologist who delivered our baby. Through every step of the process he helped and guided us while still managing to instil great confidence. The day eventually came when we parted ways – a healthy Baby Boy had been born and the Doctor moved on to other patients. […]

  • A Tale of Colic from a far-off-land

    In Kenya, Gusii babies get a condition called Enyancha (The Lake) in which their genitals are supposedly disturbed by the wind moving off Lake Victoria. Deborah Jackson

  • What about some friendly advice?

    Dad Tip #107: if potty training was an olympic sport, it would be the Marathon, not the 100m sprint. @TomMQuinn

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