ABOUT US

Being Dad was conceived over a few too many beers (like some of us) in the Paddington Hotel, Sydney Australia. At the time Sam and Troy were dads-to-be and lamented the fact that there was very little engaging information for dads. With a mountain of unread pregnancy books on their respective bedside tables they decided that dads were more likely to enjoy watching a DVD and listening to other new dads share their experiences about pregnancy, birth and parenthood.

The first Being Dad series was shot and produced in Australia for Australian dads and the success of DVD's and the tremendous feedback from Aussie dads inspired them develop Being Dad for the US and UK. Armed with no more international domination experience than a few games of Risk, they set out to help other dads around the world.

Troy "motor mouth" Jones

Best known for his ability to talk without breathing, Troy has run a successful production company since leaving school. Troy's company produced the Being Dad series and he has travelled the globe interviewing hundreds of new dads and experts. As a result we like to think of him as a ‘well renowned global guru in all things Being Dad', sounds impressive anyway. Troy has a beautiful daughter Matilda, who appears in the Being Dad series.

Troy is available for one way interviews and highly paid consulting roles for just about anything.

Sam "ideas man" Holt

Best known for coming up with a new idea every five minutes it's little wonder that Being Dad was infact his idea. Fortunately, Being Dad was one of Sam's better ideas and with the help of Troy and Tom it has grown way beyond all of their expectations. Sam looks after the day to day ‘business' at Being Dad and is constantly looking for excuses to be at the beach on or the golf course. Sam has a son, Hugo, who is too cute to be his.

Sam is available for business junkets, consulting on idea generation and golf course testing.

Tom "tickets" Hastwell

Lured out of the corporate world by Sam and Troy, Tom has been bitten by the business bug. Far too beautiful to hang out with the other boys he's been banished to South Australia where he runs his career development business. Troy and Sam are eagerly awaiting news that Toms wife is pregnant so that they can attach a camera crew to him for nine months and actually put him to work. Tom is currently practising for kids.

BLOGS, BLURBS, OBSERVATIONS, RECIPES AND TIPS

We've convinced three very talented people to give us some weekly snippets of wisdom. Horribly over qualified to be working with us we managed to get them on board in an obvious moment of weakness! Our philosophy is to keep information entertaining, relevant and succinct so each of our contributors is under strict instructions that if they write too much they have to babysit our kids for the weekend.

Food Stuff

Our food blogs are all about giving you recipe ideas that are simple to make, nutritious for Mum and baby, require very little preparation time and culinary skills but will make you a superstar in your partner and child's eyes. It's amazing the satisfaction you can get by getting dirty in the kitchen and whipping up a great meal. Not only will you help your child to be as healthy as possible you'll also be storing up valuable brownie points. Syrie Wongkaew is our resident food expert and she has produced some amazing menu ideas just for you! Salivate over her amazing food blog Taste Buddies at http://allthingsnice.typepad.com/

Fitness Stuff

Most guys find that being pregnant and becoming a dad can mean less time in the gym and more pounds around the mid-drift! Exercise and Fitness Guru, Justin Sprincis, will let you know how to stay fit and in shape through pregnancy and parenthood. Great ideas for exercising with your partner and out of the gym he'll help you keep buff and stay energized.

Being Dad stuff

Sasha Molitorisz has a surname that would drive any scrabble player into a spin. Aside from that he's an accomplished author and journalist who has been writing a leading fatherhood blog and talking with thousands of dads around the world. His job is to be witty and clever and to keep us entertained in under 200 words!!

If you are funny, clever, over qualified and willing to write for free then contact us - we'd love to see Your Stuff!