• Our first night at home with the twins

    October 27, 2014

    Following on from my last post, we arrived home at around 3:30pm.  We were anxious, nervous and full of trepidation. We were fully equipped with girls medication and prescription milk. This was going to be a big learning curve!  Twins!  There were no doctors or nurses around anymore. It was just us. 24/7! I can remember sitting…

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  • Looking after twins with a broken wrist

    October 25, 2014

    Just under six weeks ago I broke my wrist falling from a ladder whilst I was at work. t’s not one of my best moves, but there you go! My wife works two days a week so I was in the position of looking after the girls on my own whilst off work. It seems easy looking…

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  • The last seven days in special care

    October 20, 2014

    Following on from my last post… The routine in a special care unit is rigid, you have to experience it first hand in order to fully understand where I’m going with with this, but having been a rebel most of my life, I had difficulty understanding all the rules or in fact, wanting to stick…

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  • The girls are moved to a nursery ward

    October 13, 2014

    Following on from my last post our girls had been moved to a nursery ward. This meant nursery nurses would take over looking after them now. I have to be honest the nursey nurse, all of which were women were an interesting set of nurses. I felt as though they treated us parents as we were…

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  • Our journey continues at our local hospital

    October 10, 2014

    This is a follow up from my last post which you can read here. So here we are. Our second day at our local hospital. My wife and I arrived at about 8 o’clock in the morning. We went straight to see our girls. We knew that they’d had an uneventful night because my wife…

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  • The first day at our local hospital

    October 6, 2014

    Following on from my last post, we arrived at our local hospital. When we arrived we were shocked at the size of the neo-natal unit. It’s a big hospital anyway, but when the reality of being there sunk in my wife and I felt emotionally battered. We were had two very tiny babies. One of which…

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  • Our time at the first hospital comes to an end

    October 4, 2014

    Following on from my last post, my wife and I felt much more settled. Knowing where we would be sleeping every night made a huge difference. As did being close to our girls. We could be with them 24/7. It was very comforting. The hospital arranged for my wife to have free food in the cafeteria…

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  • Special Care: The next few days

    October 2, 2014

    This is a follow up to my last parenting post, which you can read here. So, after a very uncomfortable nights sleep in a chair – which didn’t really matter when you consider the grand scale of things. I mean along as I was close to my wife and our girls that’s all that mattered.…

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  • My first few hours in a special care unit

    October 1, 2014

    So the girls have been moved to the neo-natal unit. Before I continue let me just tell you now that nothing could have prepared me for what was going happen next. R was born first weighing 4lb and 3oz. Two minutes later, M arrived weighing 2lb and 11oz’s. I felt lost and helpless. The responsibility…

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  • Oil Based Gloss Paints Vs Water Based Gloss Paints

    September 30, 2014

    Since 2010 laws have been made to make paints safe for the environment. This is why the use of water based gloss paints and satin finishes have become more popular. In this post I’ll look at the advantages and disadvantages of oil based gloss paints in comparison to water based gloss paints. Water Based Gloss…

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