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Gareth Ellis
Feb 7, 20223 min read
Potty Training is Pants
Potty training is shit. Literally. OK, it’s not that bad, but it’s still pretty frustrating at times. For the record, Rupert is only...
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Gareth Ellis
Jan 14, 20222 min read
The Taboo Of The Stay at Home Dad
I’ve been a Daddy for almost four years now. I know what you’re thinking, Rupert’s only three, how can you have been a Daddy for four?...
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Gareth Ellis
Jan 11, 20222 min read
Independence Days, Sometimes
I love my kids. They’re funny, they’re sweet and although I may be biased, they’re bloody gorgeous as well. But bugger me they can be a...
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Gareth Ellis
Dec 6, 20213 min read
The Struggle is Real
I’ve been struggling. I’ve found it tough looking after the kids full time for quite a few reasons, which I’ll go into in a second. It...
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Gareth Ellis
May 28, 20213 min read
Planning a 1st birthday party
I’m in a reflective mood today. I’m very much still trying to get my head around the fact that we have a one-year-old and a two-year-old,...
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Gareth Ellis
May 14, 20214 min read
Mental Health Awareness Week
I am struggling. It hurts me to say it, to admit it, but I’m having a hard time right now. I’m putting on a face a lot of the time but...
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Gareth Ellis
Jan 1, 20216 min read
Review of the Year: 2020
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...
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Gareth Ellis
Dec 18, 20202 min read
Book Review: There’s Two of Us Now
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)...
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Gareth Ellis
Oct 20, 20203 min read
Review: Pumpkin Picking at The Patch MK
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...
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Gareth Ellis
Sep 23, 20204 min read
Our visit to Wimpole Estate
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...
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Gareth Ellis
May 31, 20202 min read
Pandemic Positives: Staying Social
So, the news hit recently that people will be able to meet up in groups of six in gardens or outside spaces as of tomorrow. This is huge...
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Gareth Ellis
May 25, 20203 min read
No, Rupert, No! Repeat
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...
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Gareth Ellis
May 18, 20203 min read
Two Under Two: Expectation v Reality
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....
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Gareth Ellis
May 13, 20204 min read
Our family is complete!
At 8.11am yesterday my life became complete as our baby made their arrival – just two days early. After a comparatively short labour,...
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Gareth Ellis
May 11, 20202 min read
Double the babies, double the love
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...
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Gareth Ellis
May 7, 20203 min read
No nod to the Dad Bod
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...
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Gareth Ellis
May 4, 20202 min read
Tidy v Clean
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...
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Gareth Ellis
Mar 28, 20203 min read
Isolation Frustration
Just recently Coronavirus has kept people (well most people) locked up in their homes to help slow, and hopefully stop, the spread of the...
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Gareth Ellis
Mar 15, 20202 min read
Step Away from the Toilet Roll – Covid 19
So the Coronavirus is here and the world has hit the panic button. Every day on the news we hear talk of countries being locked down,...
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Gareth Ellis
Mar 2, 20203 min read
The Best Laid Plans…
This weekend was lovely. To be fair I had Monday off as well so actually, this long weekend was lovely. It was full of family time,...
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