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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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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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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If you wear your baby in a sling and breastfeed through the night, you’re an attachment parent. If you instil a routine for your baby – feeds, naps, night-time – you’re taking a parent-led approach. But what if you like trial and error; is this experimental parenting?
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What do you do if your baby decides to get up for the day at 5am? Or 4am? Or even… 3am? Sleep expert Kerry Secker shares her wisdom on getting your baby to wake up later in the morning, using gentle and adaptable methods…
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“Within 20 minutes of leaving the house we can be sinking our toes into warm sand or hiking up haunted moorlands. It really is remarkable that such different landscapes can exist so close together.” William Head on adventures with his son in northern Cornwall…
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As the mother of two young children, Shannon Cullen is all too familiar with not getting enough sleep. Here, she shares her thoughts on how to survive the early months with a newborn – and reassures new parents that they’re not alone during that 3am feed…
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“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…
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“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…
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How much does your baby sleep? Your answer will probably be “so well!” (forgetting that it’s not perfect every night) or “terribly”, which is more likely to be accurate. So why do we lie about how well our babies are sleeping? Annie Ridout explains…