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A tired dad staring at a Baby Brezza machine in a dark kitchen.

The Baby Brezza Formula Reality Check for Sleep-Deprived Dads

I'm standing in the kitchen at 3:17 AM in a pair of grey jogging bottoms that have seen much better days, desperately trying to count to six. Just the number six. But when you've twin two-year-old girls—who were, at the...

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Why a Proper Baby Bottle Brush Saved My Sanity (and Sleep)

It’s 3:14 in the morning. I’m standing in the pale, unforgiving glow of the microwave clock, holding a plastic cylinder that smells faintly of sour milk and utter despair. Upstairs in our cramped London flat, two identical two-year-old girls are...

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A tired dad trying to squeeze a double pram past a display of tiny cardigans.

Surviving the Absurdity of the High Street Baby Clothes Shop

The front door of ‘Little Spindles’—an aggressively minimalist boutique in Islington that smells overwhelmingly of lavender and parental insecurity—was exactly three inches narrower than my Out 'n' About double buggy. I know this because I spent an excruciating four minutes...

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Exhausted dad holding two crying babies in a dimly lit nursery

How I Survived the Relentless Baby Crying Sound With Twin Girls

It was a Tuesday in mid-November, roughly 5:14 PM, when the air pressure in our London flat simply ceased to exist. I was holding a half-empty bottle of formula in one hand and a rogue, suspiciously damp sock in the...

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A stressed British dad holding twin toddler girls outside a busy baby daycare centre in London.

Surviving Baby Daycare: What I Believed vs What Actually Happened

I'm currently sitting in a 2014 Skoda Estate, engine off, staring blankly at a laminated sign that reads "Little Acorns" through a windscreen smeared with what I sincerely hope is just mashed banana. My twin daughters, Isla and Freya, are...

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The 3 AM Search For A Baby Doll Batman Sent Me Down A Weird Rabbit ...

It's 3:14 AM, and the amber glow of my phone screen is the only light in a room that currently smells heavily of Calpol and desperation. Maya (Twin A, currently operating with the feral energy of a raccoon trapped in...

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London dad trying to fit a double pram into the boot of a compact blue SUV

Surviving the Baby Blue Bronco: A Parent's Guide to Tiny SUVs

Don't, under any circumstances, let a targeted social media algorithm convince you that buying a compact, retro-styled off-roader will somehow resurrect your pre-parenting coolness. I'm currently typing this with my kneecaps firmly wedged against the glovebox of what I can...

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A tired dad staring at a tiny baby bat safely trapped under a plastic tub

Finding a baby bat in your house and other midnight terrors

My mate Dave from the pub told me the best way to handle the situation was with a pint glass and a beer mat, as if I were dealing with a slightly aggressive bluebottle in a beer garden. My mother-in-law,...

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Tired London dad holding two crying twin girls in a dark kitchen

Welcome to the Baby Baby Baby Echo Chamber of Twin Parenting

I was standing in our galley kitchen at 4:13 in the morning, holding an electric kettle that I hadn't bothered to plug in, staring blankly at the wall while a rhythmic, pulsing chant echoed from the monitor clipped to my...

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