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Fatherhood: 6 Super-Cute Baby/Toddler Halloween Costumes

Posted on October 22, 2015January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

With the spooky season now bearing down upon us like the ghost in a haunted house ride, thoughts invariably turn to costumes. Whether you’re throwing a Halloween party, taking the kids out trick-or-treating or just want to celebrate the season, it’s a great excuse to get the little ones dressed up in super-cute outfits. If…

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Fatherhood²: 10 reasons why paying mums to breast feed is a horrible idea

Posted on November 12, 2013January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

If you haven’t been keeping up with the news today, you may have missed one of the stories which has been causing a stir. Here’s the ‘in a nutshell’ version – but if you want to know more before reading my argument, the BBC have a very good take on it here. Doctors at Sheffield…

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Fatherhood²: “Doctor Doctor – I think my child might be German!”

Posted on December 22, 2012January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

As the father of two young boys, I often find myself comparing my children – or more specifically, their various developmental milestones and how quickly they reached them. If I’m being perfectly honest, when Robert was born I didn’t really care much for milestones – I regularly scoffed at my wife as she checked his…

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Fatherhood²: Please welcome to the world Frederic Henry Elliss…

Posted on July 1, 2011March 3, 2018 by Henry Elliss

At exactly 0651 in the morning on July 1st, we welcomed little Frederic in to the world. Mother and baby are both doing fine – after a spell in the “Special Care Babies” ward to warm him up – and are hoping to return home tomorrow. He weighed a little 6lbs 8oz – 6oz bigger…

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Fatherhood²: “VBAC for good” and other strange things

Posted on June 24, 2011January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

Today was our 38-week hospital appointment – the (hopefully) final appointment before baby arrives: an appointment which we never got to in Robert’s case. As far as I can tell, the only thing they actually did – after almost 90 minutes of waiting and 3 different medical professionals – was check Sara’s urine sample and…

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Fatherhood²: On the baby’s knuckle or the baby’s knee…

Posted on February 18, 2011February 24, 2011 by Henry Elliss

If you read my last post, you’ll know that we recently had the 20-week scan for our unborn child – the scan where the midwives offer you the chance to know the sex of your unborn child. Well, at least SOME of them do – depending on the policy of your health authority, some don’t…

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A few photos from my slightly hair-raising morning A few photos from my slightly hair-raising morning walk. Some lovely sunrises, lots of ice on the canal and a couple of rivers and lakes that were quickly merging together, at the expense of the newly-laid track. At least my wellies stayed strong!
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A photo from my Thursday morning walk. One good th A photo from my Thursday morning walk. One good thing to come from this week’s rail strikes (and the subsequent week WFH) was my daily sunrise walks - something I really miss when I have to go into London. Fingers crossed that 2023 allows for a few more of them.
Merry Christmas, instagram family and friends. Ple Merry Christmas, instagram family and friends. Please enjoy this photo of our beautiful but low-key Christmas decorations, hung in the splendor of our delightful Tudor home.
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Lovely moonrise this morning 😍 Lovely moonrise this morning 😍
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