As a parent it can be excruciating sometimes to hear cliches – mainly because most of them are true. Time really does go too quickly, it...

This week, Emilia turned eight months old. She’s had a big week this week, because as well as pulling herself up from sitting to...

I’m pretty sure whoever invented children’s clothes doesn’t have children themselves. I love dressing the children and making them look...

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...

Procrastinating is a terrible thing. How many times have you gone to do something only to be distracted and end up doing something else...

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...

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...