Séamas O'Reilly: Everyday strangeness and heart-swelling love — making of a modern Dad

'I blame the countless movies in which hapless dads are left alone with babies, conducting themselves like golden retrievers who’ve been left in charge of a nuclear submarine'

Séamas O'Reilly and family: "A baby’s bodily fluids are not necessarily a delight, let’s be clear, but their preponderance as the challenge of fatherhood is odd."

When my male friends are expecting their first child, they ask questions about the base elements of parenting; the nappies, the smells, the sick. I find this strange.

A baby’s bodily fluids are not necessarily a delight, let’s be clear, but their preponderance as the challenge of fatherhood is odd.