You’re in the early weeks of new parenthood with a baby who won’t stop crying. Everyone offers the same diagnosis: colic. But you have no idea what they’re talking about. Here, we talk colic with the parents who’ve been through it…
parenting
Sleep
Never feed your baby to sleep, say the ‘sleep experts’. And don’t start solids before six months. These are blanket rules, for all parents to follow. But shouldn’t there be some flexibility? Annie Ridout thinks so. Here are five parenting rules that are made to be broken…
Features
On 1 September 2015, The Early Hour launched: a digital lifestyle and parenting magazine for night-feeders and early risers. Since then, it has been viewed nearly 1 million times. The editor, Annie Ridout, shares her learnings…
Features
“I remember the first photograph I developed and printed myself. It was a black and white picture of an underpass. It wasn’t particularly good but there was a satisfaction in producing the image myself,” says landscape and fine art photographer, Christopher Pledger…
Features
The Spanish artist monoperro describes his house with his partner Anak, also an artist, as a “playground. It’s full of art – it hangs on all the walls”. Here, we talk creativity, fatherhood and how to earn a living from your art work…
Mornings
“There came a point where I realised that rather than expecting them to change, I had to find a way to embrace the early hour.” Sam Toon on using mindfulness techniques to stop feeling annoyed (and to actually feel good) about being woken early by your children…
Features
“I don’t believe designers should have recognisable ‘styles’, but it’s inevitable to have some common traits, of which mine are: accessible, clean, bold and immediate.” Alex Kirby, dad-of-one and senior designer at Faber and Faber on creativity…