Category Archives: children

Judge Me By My Bottle, Do You?

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Papa, Eden & Me

Recently in the online world there has been a hell of a lot of talk of breastfeeding. The usual “breast is best” type messages and one particularly nasty blog about how the writer automatically judges those who bottle feed “by … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016, Anxiety, baby Eden, baby girl, breastfeeding, bressure, child, children, common sense, family, first baby, formula feeding, happy, health, healthy, Lgbt, SIDS | Tagged breast feeding, choices, eden, fed is best, food, formula feeding, happy, healthy, judgement, SIDS | 76 Comments

Families Aren’t Always Mum+Dad+Baby=Family

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

Tomorrow (at 17+5) I have my sixteen week midwife appointment. One of the things Amy and I have noticed so far in our NHS antenatal journey, is that our local services are not very diversity friendly at all. They seem … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, Anxiety, baby girl, child, children, christmas baby, lesbians, lgbt, midwife | Tagged different families, inclusive, midwife, stonewall | 7 Comments

Our Visit to the Alternative Families Show

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Papa, Eden & Me

We were kindly given complimentary tickets to attend the Alternative Parenting Show, which took place yesterday at the lovely Grand Connaught Rooms in Covent Garden, London.

Posted in 2014, babies, baby, child, children, clinics, couple, Donations, donor, donor sperm, donors, fertility, healthy, infertility, insemination, lgbt, London, mother, mothers, mum, mummies, myfitnesspal, pregnancy, pregnant, trying to concieve, two week wait, women | Tagged 2014, alternative, parenting, review, show | 7 Comments

Superhero Donor’s Point of View – Donation

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Papa, Eden & Me

Another guest entry from our fantastic donor. Please feel free to leave a. Comment if you enjoy these posts – I personally am finding them really interesting! ——- It may surprise you, but donors select their receipients. I started off … Continue reading →

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Our day out at Chessington World of Adventures

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Papa, Eden & Me

Yesterday we headed to Chessington World of Adventures in Surrey. We got the bus from Kingston and met our friends Sam and Adam, and their lovely little ladies Maisie and Ellie there. They drove, and because it was a fairly … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, baby, child, children, family, friends, out with kids, Uncategorized, zoo | Tagged chessington world of advenures, days out, fun, kids, theme park | Leave a comment

Fun With Dates

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Papa, Eden & Me

Having some fun. This is all part of my positive thinking. Having a baby is going to happen for us at some point, so I’m going to do this every cycle! If we get caught this month this is the … Continue reading →

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Dogs and Children – Friend or Foe?

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Papa, Eden & Me

(Still waiting for a positive OPK, so here is some more pre ovulation rambling from me!) As many of you know, Amy and I have two wonderful fur babies – Misty and Gizmo. gizmo is our seven year old Parsons … Continue reading →