The Star: November 29, 2018

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12 Thursday November 29 2018
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Santa photo will need
some crafty editing
I’M INTO week two of
my stay-at-home-dad
adventure and I’ve been
treated to another series of
firsts.
Vittoria saw her first live
crab at Waikuku Beach,
we took our first little walk
hand-in-hand (just in the
lounge) and I even got some
steps towards me.
My favourite firsts
though? First photo with
Father Christmas and first
time going to an activity
where other stay-at-homedads
turned up.
If you have zero clue of
what being the odd one out
feels like, being a dad at a
baby activity is normally a
great introduction.
In my experience, outside
of weekends and public
holidays, dads at said events
are proverbial unicorns;
rare and naturally herd
animals.
On Monday I took
Vittoria to our first Toes
and Giggles session as the
stay-at-home parent. It’s a
music and movement thing;
songs, toys, other babies
with coffee and biscuits
after.
I was pleased to see two
other dads (also in their
first couple of weeks on the
job so to speak) come in. It
will be cool to have some
contemporaries at some of
the same events to share
stories and compare notes
with.
We didn’t get much
time to chat, Vittoria
made multiple beelines for
the door, so I’m looking
forward to the next session
to talk about the stay-athome-dad
role.
• By Sophie Cornish
A POLICY usually used
in nightclubs and bars
is being implemented at
Taiora QE II Recreation
and Sports Centre.
Since opening at the end
of May, there have been 30
occasions where staff at the
facility have had to apply
a one-in, one-out policy to
customers.
The method is used to
control numbers when a
building may be at maximum
capacity, meaning a
person is only able to enter
when another person leaves.
As for Vittoria’s first
Santa photo, that brought
a small revelation to
light.
When I was a kid, I
remember being excited
about Santa photos and
getting a chance to get
my order in before
Christmas.
Going by Vittoria’s face
when jolly St Nick walked
out for the photo, I’ve
discovered that excitement
is something you have to
work up to.
She looked terrified and
fascinated all at once and
flat out refused to be too
close.
So for her photo, she’s
sitting on my wife Laura’s
This policy was applied
at 10.30am on Saturday.
However, only for 20min,
city council head of recreation,
sports and events
Nigel Cox said.
Out of the 30 occasions
it was implemented, 20 of
them where in the
first eight weeks of opening.
“Of those, eight had been
during the July school
holidays, and some of these
had been only for a short
time,” said Mr Cox.
Since mid to late July,
the policy has been less
frequent (10 occasions) and
VITTORIA
& Matt
CLAWS: Vittoria and Matt on Waikuku Beach
getting up close and personal with a crab.
knee, who is sitting next to
me, sitting next to the guy
with the white beard and
red suit who keeps getting
unsure looks from a baby.
I’m really looking
forward to getting the
final product when it’s
ready – apparently there
will be some crafty editing
to make it look like we’re
on the beach. However, I
don’t think they can edit
out Vittoria’s side-eye to
Santa.
•Former Star Media
journalist Matt
Salmons has become
a stay-at-home dad.
We follow his journey
weekly.
On in, one out policy
used 30 times at QE II
generally for shorter periods
of time, such as 20min,
he said.
The capacity of the pool
area is based on the number
of swimmers per lifeguard
in the leisure area.
It is also dependent on
the available space in other
pools, such as the teach and
lane pool.
The $38.6 million
Taiora QE II opened
on May 31 and reached
maximum capacity for the
first two weekends, including
all three days of the
opening Queen’s Birthday
weekend.