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Gareth Ellis
- May 11, 2020
- 2 min
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 these are different from the worries I had before Rupert was born. Then it was a fear of the unknown, scared that life was about to change beyond belief and terrified about whether I could be a good Dad. Days before Rupert was born I even questioned my own mortality – scared that one day I would leave him. However, this time around I’ve been
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Gareth Ellis
- Mar 28, 2020
- 3 min
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 virus. This for many, including J and I, means that Rupert’s nursery has closed, leaving us with a 16 month at home while we try to work. *I must at first add a caveat to this that I have currently been signed off work for a couple of weeks with stress, so I am free to look after Rupert while Jess works from home – however soon I’ll be back
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Gareth Ellis
- Feb 22, 2020
- 3 min
Kindness Costs Nothing
Have you ever gone to post something online and then thought better of it? Maybe thought that someone wouldn’t like it or even worse that you were scared of the backlash it would create? And by backlash, I mean that it would cause people to write something bad back to you. Now, there’s two things wrong with that sentence, and that sentiment. People shouldn’t EVER fear putting their feelings out there – as long as it isn’t offensive for no reason. Secondly, you should never be
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Gareth Ellis
- Feb 12, 2020
- 2 min
Love is Love
So now the dust has settled it’s time to digest some of the biggest news of the last seven days – Philip Schofield has come out as gay. Now I mean this in the nicest way possible, but who cares? Now, I don’t mean that no-one cares because he’s gay, I mean no-one should care. If he, or anyone else, comes out as gay then it SHOULDN’T be front-page news. I see why it is, because he is such a big name and he’s been married for 27 years but given what it is it shouldn’t be that bi
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Gareth Ellis
- Jan 20, 2020
- 2 min
Don’t be Blue on Blue Monday
So apparently, today is Blue Monday. No, it doesn’t mean playing your favourite boyband songs and reminiscing over which one you had a crush on. No, it’s the third Monday of the year, the Monday where you’ve already blown your New Years Resolutions, you’ve got no money as you were paid before Christmas, and you’re stuck doing Veganuary for at least another 12 days. The point is that it’s another made up day, actually made up as a PR stunt by the travel industry to get people
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Gareth Ellis
- Jan 14, 2020
- 2 min
I hate when Rupert’s ill
I hate it when Rupert is poorly. He’s had plenty of colds, what we think are sore throats and a cough that won’t seem to bugger off, as well as a sickness bug or two. Every time I absolutely hate it, mainly because there’s nothing we can do. All we can do is give him some Nurofen (if that’s what he needs) and plenty of love and cuddles. We’ve had a couple of hilarious moments where we’ve taken his nappy off as he’s had a sore bum after having a ‘dodgy belly’ and he’s pooed on
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Gareth Ellis
- Jan 5, 2020
- 2 min
Daddy Knows Best Too….right?
Being a Dad is tough. I don’t want to come across like I have things hard or that I don’t have any support because that’s far from true. I just mean some of the day to day aspects of being a Dad are tough. And I don’t mind admitting that. Even though more is being done to help people with their mental health issues and to share their struggles verbally, it’s still hard for some people to open up and really talk. It’s taboo that we ask any questions or that we even raise a shr
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Gareth Ellis
- Sep 3, 2019
- 2 min
Rupert’s First Hour of Nursery
Rupert has now taken his latest, and so far scariest, step towards being a big boy. Yesterday, he had his first taster session at Nursery. Now, it may have only been an hour and yes, we were both in the same room with him but still, it was massive. To us, Rupert is still very much a baby. Not just a baby, but a tiny one at that. He’s still on the 9th percentile for growth for Christ’s sake. So we went into the nursery (I won’t name it right now) and after we signed in and got
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Gareth Ellis
- Jul 25, 2018
- 2 min
When Do You Start to Feel Like a Daddy?
Recently I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about being a Dad. Mainly what does it mean to become a Dad and as cliché as it sounds when is it that you actually feel like a Dad? For J, she feels him every day. Our son will kick away at her and today he even had hiccups. As cute as it is I sometimes feel a little left out. I know I am due to be a Dad and, don’t get me wrong I am SO excited, but I’ll be honest, sometimes, when I’m not with J, I can actually forget for a second or
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Gareth Ellis
- Dec 24, 2017
- 1 min
Blogmas 2017 Day 12 – Thank you for a wonderful year
So here we are, the end of Blogmas 2017, and nearly the end of the year. Throughout this year I’ve put my heart and soul into this blog. I’ve written about things I’ve struggled with and you’ve been there to listen to the bad times and celebrate with me over the successes. So all I can say is thank you. Thank you to all of you who have taken the time to click on to the links on social media or visit the blog page directly. When I started the blog it didn’t really strike me th
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Gareth Ellis
- Dec 18, 2017
- 2 min
Blogmas 2017 Day 6 – Crying isn’t a soft thing
When I was younger I thought that crying was wrong. I thought it was a sign of weakness and something that soft people did. Then, one day just like Chandler in Friends something got me and ‘I opened a gate.’ From there I cry at things so easily. I still try to hold on to the manly demeanour I think I have but underneath I’m incredibly soppy and I cry so easily nowadays. On J and I’s wedding day I cried four times. When I read the note she left me in the morning, when she walk
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