Dad’s

Those first sleepless nights. “I think I might be pregnant”. The words I heard from my fiancee triggered a rush of thoughts and emotions the like of which I had never experienced. It had only been 9 months since we first met and 4 since we became engaged, was I ready for such a huge step? Even worse, that made the likely due date somewhere around the date we had booked for our wedding. We would have to move the date. Forward or back? How would parents/families react? We had booked the church that appeared… Read More »Those first sleepless nights

The Sleep (Lack of Sleep) Paradox. We had Oscar in August 2014, excitedly we got ready to meet our new arrival. He came in the night, after 26 exhausting hours. My wife Livvie turned out to be a great mum and got in tune with Oscar very quickly. She knew what he wanted and what he needed when. I took a little longer, Mums have a great gift of hormones. Maybe it was for this reason or the fact I was at work but Livvie took on everything; Cooking, cleaning, looking after Oscar and the… Read More »The Sleep (Lack of Sleep) Paradox

Breastfeeding 7 Top Tips For Dads To coincide with World Breastfeeding Week 2017, we asked mums who had previously breastfed, what advice would they give to new dads regarding breastfeeding? And what can dads do to support them? BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE MUMS, HERE’S WHAT DADS THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW “Mum’s need reminding to drink lots and eat lots”. “It’s not easy being Dad, as baby may just want mum, but nappy changes can be great as it’s a time that baby is normally alert and responsive to facial expressions and often when our… Read More »What women want

Right here, right now So last minute, as per usual, I confirm that I’ll attend the launch of ‘This Dad Can’, more out of curiosity than anything else. I’d heard a little about it, and I guess I now wanted to hear more so that I could get my head around it a bit more. I went, I sat, I drank tea, I ate biscuits, I listened and I watched. All very interesting stuff, and I went away thinking about what I’d heard. That is until I got off the train, walked to the car… Read More »Right here, right now

This Dad Can – Launch Event The event marked the launch of This Dad Can. The afternoon brought together industry partners and professionals to the fantastic venue, The Box at F.A.C.T, Liverpool. “The setting was perfect + relaxed + gave people the licence to talk, meet + relax in the event. Felt quite excited even before it began!” Attendees had the opportunity to see the website showcased, network and hear more about some of the fantastic offline offer at This Dad Can. It was a brilliant opportunity to learn of the vision and ethos behind This… Read More »This Dad Can – Launch Event

One Born Every Minute “Excuse me, are you Tasha and Jonny?” “Erm, yes.” “great, let me just give you your microphones – please wear these at all times…” This conversation is not the one usually had by heavily pregnant ladies and their partners when they arrive at the hospital to deliver a baby. I don’t think its normal to have selected what you will wear that day based on hiding your beer belly or looking cool. Usually, the birthing situation is pretty informal. Usually you’re preoccupied with having a baby and nothing else really matters,… Read More »One Born Every Minute

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

This Dad Can – Business Launch This Dad Can is an innovative training programme to equip men for the challenge of their life- fatherhood. Why stumble your way through the most important role in your life, when you could learn from the experience of others and enjoy the process more. Invest in your family, prepare strategies and improve your resources with This Dad Can. This event marks the launch of This Dad Can. The afternoon will bring together industry partners and professionals. Come and see the website showcased, network and hear more about some of… Read More »This Dad Can – Business Launch

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

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.