Hi Reader Dad Joke: Did you hear about the restaurant on the moon? Great food, no atmosphere! I was at the World Federation of Chiropractic conference in Utrecht recently listening to a speaker discuss how we learn. Something he said really resonated with me. The information we learned at university isn’t necessarily wrong. But with the speed at which knowledge evolves, some of what we were taught may already be outdated. So if the last time you really studied something was at university,...

Hi Reader Dad Joke: How do you make an octopus laugh? With ten-tickles! A mum said something to me recently that I suspect every paediatric practitioner has heard hundreds of times. “He’s fine though, isn’t he?” Her three-month-old was lying happily on my beanbag baby chair, smiling up at us. He was feeding well, gaining weight, sleeping reasonably, interacting beautifully and there was nothing particularly worrying in his history. If you bumped into this family in shops you wouldn’t be...

Hi Reader Dad Joke: Why did the scarecrow win an award at university? Because he was out-standing in his field. Today was a big day for our family. We’ve just arrived home from dropping my daughter off at University for the first time, still can’t quite believe we’re here already. The build-up has been intense. It’s been a good few weeks of thinking back, dusting off the memories and wanting each moment to last just that little bit longer. As part of the last week, I have been checking and...