Magazine

90s nostalgiababy sleepParenting Guidescreen timetwin dadUK
A tired dad holding a coffee mug while two toddlers dance in the living room

Dear Past Tom: Surviving the Baby Saja Netflix Obsession

Dear Tom of exactly six months ago, You're currently sitting on the battered grey sofa in our Islington flat, smugly sipping a lukewarm cup of PG Tips. The twins are peacefully napping, and you're thinking to yourself that you've finally...

Read more

baby clotheshumourlate nightparenting humourtwin dadtwins
Exhausted dad looking at baby memes on his phone in the dark

A Letter To Past Me About Baby Memes And Surviving Twin Girls

You're currently sitting on the closed lid of the downstairs loo at exactly 3:14 AM. The tiles are freezing against your bare feet, and you're hiding. I know this because I'm you, writing from six months in the future. Upstairs,...

Read more

baby gearorganicparenting humoursafety tipstwin dadUK
A dad attempting to install a heavy toddler car seat into the back of a family car

Is the Recaro Baby Seat Actually Worth It? A Twin Dad's Review

The greatest lie the baby gear industry ever sold us is the concept of portability. There's a persistent, completely delusional myth that you'll buy a premium child car seat, click it effortlessly into your vehicle on a Tuesday, and then...

Read more

baby carebabywearinggeartoddlertwin dadUK
Twin dad wearing a hip seat carrier while holding a toddler in London

The Brutal Truth About Hip Carriers From a Broken Twin Dad

Tuesday, 4:15 PM. The rain is pelting the roof of my battered estate car in the Waitrose car park. One twin is arching her back like an angry prawn, absolutely refusing to be extracted from her baby car seat. The...

Read more

6-month-oldbaby feedingparenting humoursolid foodtwin dad
Twin baby girls covered in mashed sweet potato sitting in high chairs

When Can Babies Eat Baby Food? A Dad's Guide To The Mess

It was 5:43 PM on a Tuesday, and I was sitting cross-legged on the kitchen floor, using a single wet wipe to scrape what used to be a premium organic avocado off the skirting board. Above me, my twin daughters...

Read more

baby accessoriesbabywearingfatherhoodtwin dadUK
Exhausted dad trying to figure out a complicated fabric baby carrier

The absolute origami nightmare of strapping on a baby carrier

I was standing in the middle of our cramped London kitchen at two in the afternoon, sweating profusely, completely tangled in eighteen feet of modal fabric. One twin was screaming from the bouncy chair on the floor, the other was...

Read more

6-month-oldbaby milestonesParenting Guidetwin dadUK
Father sitting on nursery floor looking confused while checking baby's knees

The absolute panic of searching for my twins' missing kneecaps

The thud was the exact sort of hollow, resonant sound that makes every parent’s stomach drop instantly into their shoes. It was a wet Tuesday evening in November, the kind of London night where the rain sideways-assaults the windows, and...

Read more

6-month-oldbabyeducational toysorganic cottonparenting humourtwin dad
A brightly coloured plastic dog toy sitting next to scattered wooden baby blocks on a rug.

Why I Completely Surrendered to the Fisher-Price Baby Era

It's 4:17 in the morning, and my bare foot has just made solid, agonising contact with the Smart Stages Puppy in the dark hallway. Without warning, an aggressively cheerful, synthetic voice belts out, "I SEE YOU!" followed immediately by that...

Read more

baby accessoriesbaby sleepparenting humoursafe sleeptwin daduk
Tired dad researching the dreamland baby sleep sack at 3am

Why a weighted sleep sack almost broke my parenting resolve

The glow of my phone screen was the only light in the nursery, casting long, vaguely sinister shadows over two cots containing infants who had apparently unionised and agreed to strike against sleep. It was 3:14 in the morning. My...

Read more