Out of the Comfort Zone – Taking the Leap with iFly
Indoor skydiving at iFLY Manchester near Trafford Centre – a perfect family day out. A parent’s review of the confidence-building kids experience.
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Author: Peter Matthews
Christmas Board Games from Cheatwell
Board games have been a rainy-day Christmas holiday staple for years. But no one to my knowledge has successfully ‘Christmassed’ them, up until Cheatwell created this new set of 8 games in 1 for the whole family!
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Smooth Move – A Farther’s Guide to Moving Homes with a Toddler in Tow
Top tips for a successful house move when a little one in your life is too small to reason with, but tall enough to kick you in the knackers and run away each time you try to grab hold of them.
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Different Doesn’t Mean Worse. It Just Means Different.
Instead of all shelling out for Covid-safe Christmas activities, let’s take the festivities back to their roots and celebrate what we can do together, not mourn what we cannot. Here are some ideas…
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Be Prepared!
Nursery is a crucial part of your child’s development. It will help with their self-confidence and their social skills, while you get some of your precious time back. However, starting a nursery takes some preparation.
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Reader’s Diary: Quarantining with Baby
Reader’s Diary: Paternity leave under quarantine with a 10 month old baby. How hard could it be?
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Dad’s Notes from a Delivery Room
What are the best ways to support your partner through the birth? Some personal observations on what dads can do to help before, during and after labour.
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Foodie Festival Fun For the Whole Family!
Now within its twelfth year, Foodie Fest offers ‘World’s Greatest Farmer’s Market’ vibe, with streets of stalls, tents, trucks and caravans all arranged loosely by theme or products being sold: an alleyway for confectionary, offering churros, ice cream, brownies as big as a fist and martini glasses filled with fudge.
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Maternity VIP Shopping. Experience of a ‘Laddy Daddy’.
JoJo Maman Bébé is now offering a free “one-to-one personal shopping experience” in their stores. It’s a chance to view their maternity range and discuss anything else in store that might peak your interest, with the appointment promising to be ‘tailored completely to you.’
… when we received an invitation email during our last-minute babymoon getaway, the pair of us, thirty weeks pregnant, tired, and still in our muddy boots with bits of twigs in our hair, concluded that a spot of VIP treatment felt well overdue…
Unknown Unknowns: the Day I Found Out I was going to be a Dad
Fatherhood is going to be full of surprises. I was lost and scared when i first learned the news. How would I find the time to get the house up to code? When the baby arrived home and my wife recovered, how could I look after them both? How would I do that and keep the kitchen stocked, the house clean, the car running and the cat fed… Now, it’s nearly six months later, and the worst feelings have passed. The change has been slow, organic and, hopefully, lasting. Nine months aren’t just giving the baby time to grow, it’s time for dad to grow too.
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