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25/03/2013 09:02

First Family. New Emotions.

Expecting your first child is an emotional time – all of the time! It’s wonderful, miraculous, exciting, amazing, proud... scary, fearful, anxiety-inducing. You’ve known other people babies, you’ve scoured the internet and read book after book, but you still feel like you have no clue what to...

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22/03/2013 11:57

Wordless Friday II (To prove Im putting the work in)

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22/03/2013 09:07

Wordless Friday

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20/03/2013 16:16

An update at 31 weeks.

We’re now into our 31st week of this pregnancy journey, and the apps and websites tell us that our son is now the size of a head of cabbage. Given the presence of pregnancy wind in our household, I don’t feel the need to argue with their analogy either! The clock is really ticking down now and it...

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17/03/2013 11:49

Meet Our Unborn Child:

Our first born child isn't due to grace us with his presence until a predicted date of May 25th as regular readers will know. However, until we all get the chance to meet him and watch his personality blossom, here is your chance to get to know him as he is now.     Name: Wouldn’t you...

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15/03/2013 07:32

Wordless Friday

Today sees a new feature make its debut to the Dad Creek journey - Wordless Friday. The feature will see a photograph taken by myself, whether it be pregnancy or parenting related or not appear without words or explanation. I intend to roll this feature out every Friday. Todays opening...

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14/03/2013 13:03

A Dad & His Weight

Less than 3 years ago, I weighed in at 236.9lbs (16.9st or 107kg) at age 23! 1 year ago at age 25, I was happier, more confident and weighed 168 lbs (12st or 76kg). Today, at almost 27 years old, I am back to feeling unhappy with myself, less confident and weighing 180lbs (12.12st or 81kg). Its not...

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12/03/2013 09:22

Must Do's Before Your Baby Arrives...

As a first time Daddy to be, your head can be filled with huge lists of things to do before your baby arrives. Material and practical items are obviously important in their own way... but preparing to actually be a Dad takes some getting used to. Here are a few things that I recommend doing,...

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08/03/2013 10:24

Bucket List Perspective

It’s funny how your perspective on life changes the closer you get to the birth of your first child. The thought of becoming a parent is at times very scary, but the thing I’m finding the most strange is how easy my outlook is changing. I have a bucket list – a hard list of things I wish to do and...

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04/03/2013 17:50

When you mix London with Pregnancy...

Me and my wife had a great afternoon out in London a few days ago courtesy of my fantastic Grandparents. We cashed in a gift from them and pretended to be all civilised by taking afternoon tea in the famous London store that is Harrods. Whilst the trip was enjoyable and the afternoon tea highly...

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