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Author: Joel Defries

Mornings

Help! My baby wakes up at 5am

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For early-rising babies, parents are told to simply make the room darker, or push the morning nap back. But as Joel Defries has discovered, it doesn’t always work. Here are his ideas for surviving 5am starts…

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Joel Defries 18th October 2018
Family

5 things they don’t tell you about being a father

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As a child, you’re taught to avoid strange men in parks, says dad-of-one Joel Defries. “But once you have a child you BECOME that weirdo in the park. You can’t get enough of mindless chats with strangers by the swings.” Joel Defries on the realities of fatherhood…

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Joel Defries 9th May 2018
Family

Joel Defries on fatherhood: ‘One year of my life, gone in a flash’

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We often hear about women becoming mothers, and how their lives transform. But what’s it like for the father? Joel Defries shares his honest, hilarious and probably rather relatable thoughts on his first year as a father…

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Joel Defries 2nd April 2018
Work Life

Joel Defries on Being a Blue Peter Presenter

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“I was terrible with the early mornings. It was constantly early. You would be up at 6am for a shoot that would not finish until 8pm.” Joel writes about the highs and lows of being TV presenter…

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Joel Defries 5th February 2016
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