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    Is it normal to sleep in separate beds during pregnancy?

SNAPPY SUNDAYS – 17 more reasons to come join us on Instagram

Like many of you, I am a huge fan of Instagram and the amazing, inventive and inspirational photos and photographers you can find on the App. So, in case you are new to this blog or to the photo sharing website itself, I’ve launched a new feature on YOUTHEDADDY called Snappy Sundays, where I will share with you some of my…

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New parent debate: The pitfalls of pram shopping

Between you and me, I hate shopping at the best of times, but this is one shopping trip that I’ve personally been dreading ever since discovering we were pregnant back in January – the argument-inducing, more-stressful-than-you’d-think, first outing to choose and buy your first pram. This innocent-sounding exercise should be simple right? A total breeze? WRONG! The volume of otherwise…

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The serious benefits of being ‘Selfish Parents’

Thanks to my wife (strategically) leaving her laptop open on their website, I recently ‘discovered’ the ace Selfish Mother (www.selfishmother.com); a brilliantly funny yet informative blogzine set up by writer and social media queen Molly Gunn, created for ‘brilliant humans’ who just happen to be parents. After reading a bucket loads of their posts, which focus on what parents are…

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Is it normal to sleep in separate beds during pregnancy?

My wife and I made a pact early on in our relationship that, no matter how big an argument we had before bedtime, we would never sleep in separate rooms. And yet, during the first trimester of our first pregnancy, we have now slept apart three times over the past month alone…not due to any argument, I must stress, but…

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Does everyone already know that we’re pregnant?

We’re nearing the end of week 11 of our first pregnancy and, having not yet had our 12 week scan, our exciting news is still very much TOP SECRET. But have our white lies over the past few weeks been believed or has everyone already figured out that we’re expecting? Having been married for about nine months, the rumour mill…

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