Hello, I’m Darren—a former Guardsman turned full-time dad, part-time blogger, full-time nerd and full-time worker!
I started Dadnauts to document a mission that never really ends: raising kids while staying true to your passions, personality, and even your inner Jedi.
This isn’t just a parenting blog. It’s a transmission from the edge of chaos and creativity—where matchdays collide with nappy changes, lightsabers turn up in the sock drawer, and bedtime feels more like a boss battle than a routine. If that sounds familiar, you’re in the right place.
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🧭 Why “Dadnauts”?
I wanted a word that captured the sense of exploration that comes with fatherhood. Something that said, “you might not know what you’re doing, but you’re giving it everything you’ve got.” Like an astronaut being handed a pram and a banana-streaked toddler and sent to explore Sector 7B (otherwise known as “soft play”).
Dadnauts is about navigating the unpredictable, blending your past with your present, and finding joy in the small victories—like a warm cup of tea or a goal scored during nap time.
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🗓 What You’ll Find Here
To keep this space fun, focused and useful, I’m sharing four different blog series, there will be one post per series a week. Here’s the mission roster:
🛠 Wednesdays — Dadnaut Toolkit
From time management to snack diplomacy, these posts offer field-tested ideas to stay sane, creative, and intentional. It’s the Guardsman in me, still drawing up plans and finding structure—just now there are bottles and lots of routine changes involved.
🪄 Thursdays — Wands, Wookies & Wipeouts
Where fandom meets family life. We’ll dive into Hogwarts house parenting styles, Star Wars snack tactics, and those moments when your kid refers to you as “Darth Dadious.”
🚀 Saturdays — Mission Logs
These are honest weekly reflections from the thick of it. No sugar-coating. Just the real stuff—wins, fails, funny bits, and everything in between.
⚽ Sundays — The Toonverse Chronicles
Football means something different when you’re introducing it to your kids. Expect black-and-white pride, bedtime chants, and reflections on passing down a sense of community, belonging and belief.
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🫡 Who This Is For
If you’ve ever changed a nappy with one hand while holding a toy wand in the other—welcome aboard.
If you’ve tried to sneak in writing time after bedtime but got ambushed by your own exhaustion—you’re not alone.
And if you believe being a dad doesn’t mean giving up your interests but growing into them with your kids—you’re a fellow Dadnaut already.
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📡 What Comes Next
The first Dadnaut Toolkit post drops this Wednesday—followed by fandom chaos on Thursday, reflection on Saturday, and football & fatherhood on Sunday.
Until then, grab a cuppa, scroll through the mission logs, and maybe follow along on X @Dadnauts for sneak peeks, outtakes, and snack-fuelled side quests.
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Thanks for being here,
Darren
Former Guardsman, Current coordinator, full-time Dadnaut!
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