• Some Excellent Nappy Cake Ideas.

    August 2, 2016

      As much as we try and prepare for a new addition to the family, there are very often things that we forget or just overlook, even for experienced parents! A Nappy Cake is an excellent gift for new parents that people often fill with both things for the child, as well as the mother,…

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  • Another Baby? No! Well, maybe!

    July 28, 2016

    The other day I published a post called nursery is over lets have another baby. All this has got me to thinking. Do I want another baby really? Well, maybe! I have pro-recreated five times. That’s a lot in today’s world. In fact it’s double the average of 2.4 children per family so I have…

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  • The benefits of having twins

    May 2, 2016

    I remember the day when we were told we could bring our twin girls home from special care. After 27 long days, home was in sight. The day before we took them home, my wife and I stayed in the parent room inside the special care unit with the girls on our own. Our first…

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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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