DARK SECRETS: 5 - The Real Truth

Baby sisters and advanced toilet training make for busy days

The Lego is a distraction, but really the young lad has only one job on his mind at the moment, writes Séamas O’Reilly

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2022

Want to give your child’s birthday party an edge of hysteria? Try breaking the loo before it starts

This catastrophe took place 45 minutes before the first guests arrived. By Séamas O’Reilly

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2022

My boy is a jigsaw genius, but am I missing something?

A life lesson in patience and perseverance badly backfires in the face of an infuriating toy

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2022

Dutch biscuits and Irish hospitality

You may be staying with generous hosts, but when it comes to eating be very careful what you ask for...

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2022

My son, the rock god

Being a big brother brings responsibilities, to crying babies and cooing monsters of rock

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2022

Our six-week-old baby has settled into a routine of sorts…

But her parents are both in a state of high alert, writes Séamas O’Reilly

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022

We accidentally locked ourselves out

It was a pain in more ways than one, says Séamas O’Reilly

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2022

A trip to the fair becomes a lesson in expectation management

It boils down to an hour of queuing and a pocketful of unspent tokens

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2022

There’s only one word I can say to my baby, but I can say it in almost any language

Being a new human is a shocking experience, yet just about every culture’s response is to comfort with ‘shhh’, says Séamas O’Reilly

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2022

Newborn sisters are not all they’re cracked up to be …

But the nursery gang don’t need to know that, says Séamas O’Reilly

The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2022