When you have to feed one child it can be difficult, feeding two can be hectic. We started feeding Rupert solid food when he was around...

This year has been a strange one. Dominated strongly by one thing, we’ve seen the best and worst of the human spirit as people battled...

Jess and I love reading to our children. Rupert has a story or two before he goes down for a nap, and two more (sometimes the same two)...

Sleep training is a difficult thing to do. Right now we’re doing just that with Emilia and, as with everything else, it’s giving us some...

Today is a special day in the Ellis household. Our little, not so little boy, our first born, our beautiful son Rupert turned two. No...

This Sunday was a weird day. It was the first time in 35 years that I’ve had a birthday in lockdown. But I’m not alone though, there will...

Hands up, how many parents out there, even non-parents have ever played with their/a child’s toys or eaten their food? I have to admit...

Oh fudge, what the flip, and shhhhh-ugar! As a parent you have to get pretty imaginative when it comes to covering your swearing and...

This weekend was a first for the Ellis family – as it was the first time any of us had gone pumpkin picking. Rupert is a massive fan of...

Some might say I’m easily pleased, but I am amazed by my children every day. I know that’s a bit of an obvious statement but genuinely...

Going out as a four is a military operation. We often get as much prepared the night before as we can, so we can literally throw it all...

Time is one of those things that we all get in equal measure. Each day we get 24 hours to do with whatever we want. That’s 1440 minutes,...

In the last four months I’ve been working from home, much like a number of people around the country. However, when you say working from...

When you have children people always tell you ‘no two children are the same.’ You do your best not to compare but sometimes it’s...

Since Emilia has arrived Rupert has been amazing. He beams when he sees her, he lays his head on her chest when he can, and he hasn’t had...

We have officially had two children for six days now, and I have to say it’s begun with mixed results – albeit most of them positive....

At 8.11am yesterday my life became complete as our baby made their arrival – just two days early. After a comparatively short labour,...

We’re literally just a handful of days before we potentially meet our new little prince or princess, and now I’m starting to worry. But...

I love almost everything associated with being a Dad, yet there’s one I just can’t bear to put my name to – the ‘Dad Bod.’ Everything...

When it comes to owning a home, you want it to be clean and tidy. When you add in a child you’ll take it just being clean. J is a...