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New Beginnings and New Challenges If you’re reading this, first off, well done, and if you’ve already got rug rats this won’t be new information but if you don’t, here it comes: It’s going to get a lot better, but before that, oh dear lord is it going to get worse! Finding out you’re going to become a Dad can come in a number of forms: completely out of the blue, as a massive relief, the news you definitely didn’t want to receive, and on occasion, weirdly cryptic. Like when your ‘co-copulant’ approaches you with… Read More »New Beginnings and New Challenges

Fathers Day – The Value of Dad We want to recognise the fantastic contribution of all the Dads this Fathers Day. So, we’re rewarding the first twenty This Dad Can forum contributors, with four months free premium membership when the content goes live. All entrants are required to register for a This Dad Can (TDC) account. Contribute to an existing TDC forum topic or start a new topic of your own. To qualify contributors must produce a relevant TDC discussion point (no spam or ads). So what are you waiting for? For full t&c’s head over… Read More »Fathers Day – The Value of Dad

Dad’s & Postnatal Depression (PND) When I met my husband, I knew I wanted to get married, have babies & live happily ever after. I think we can all agree that the latter is easier said than done. Marriage is hard & isn’t always about being happy. I have never experienced it more so than when I had post-natal depression. Emma Isobel Sweeney arrived in September 2014. Chris & I navigated our way through parenthood as best as any new parents, getting used to sleep deprivation, guessing what our daughter needed when she cried for… Read More »Dad’s & Postnatal Depression (PND)

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Become a thisdadcan.co.uk contributor Read our blog, now want to be a contributor at thisdadcan.co.uk? Join our community of guest bloggers. thisdadcan.co.uk/blog is a blogger’s community. Being a community blog, we always encourage upcoming bloggers to contribute an original article related to the topic of our blog, in order to showcase themselves in front of a wide audience. The purpose here is to help you to reach out to a new audience base, share your experience, and perhaps most importantly, give something back. Blogging is a great way to help others who are soon to embark on some… Read More »Become a thisdadcan.co.uk contributor

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What the election means for your paternity leave. A look at the Manifestos. What the election means for your paternity leave. A look at the Manifestos. At This Dad Can we’ve been deep in political manifestos, to give you a roundup of how your future paternity leave may be impacted by the general election. Currently Paternity Leave consists of 1 or 2 weeks paid leave in the UK. This is stark contrast to Sweden offering 18 weeks, Iceland 12 weeks, Norway 10 weeks, Finland 8 weeks and Lithuania 4 weeks paid paternity leave.   However,… Read More »What the election means for your paternity leave.