Being a Parent

I always liked children and adored babies from an early age so I couldn't wait to start my own family. I met my partner when he was 27 and I was a gym slip of a girl at 18 (cradle snatcher!). We lived together after a year and married five years after that; and straight away people assumed we would have a baby next. Though we weren't kids ourselves we didn't feel ready to have children just then as we wanted a few 'alone' years where we could go on holiday or even a night out without it being a military operation and having to plan everything. When we decided to start trying I had just come off the pill when my husband came home from work with the news he had ...  Read the complete review

I had always wanted to have children but hadn't fully considered when this would happen - it had always been one of the things on the list of things to do but had not been properly planned so three years ago my husband and i decided that we shouldn't leave it too much longer - we got married and then soon after that tried for a baby - in April last year i found out i was pregnant and now have a four and a half month old baby who is the best thing that can ever happen to anyone! I think that before she was born i had a clue about children and i work with children professionally - giving advise and support to parents so you would imagine that i knew what i was ...  Read the complete review

Noone can tell you how to be a parent and I do not believe there is a right and wrong way of doing things (obviously neglect and violence towards them is wrong). Noone can prepare you for what is in store for you when you become a parent. The second you hold that baby in your arms for the first time it is the best feeling in the world and you just want to love and protect them for the rest of their lives. There are a few things that I believe about being a parent that I would like to share with you 1) NEVER smack your child. How can you tell your child off for smacking when you do it? Imagine how scared they must be, they are so very ...  Read the complete review

Being a parent is one of the toughest things that I have ever done, but it is also by far the best. I have one little boy who is two years old, and he really is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I didn't understand the meaning of unconditional love until I held him in my arms and looked into his big blue eyes - yes, I love my husband and my family but the bond between mother and child is something completely different. Parenthood is both terrifying and rewarding at the same time. It is the biggest learning experience of my life - sometimes I'm so scared because I don't know what I'm doing, sometimes it seems to just be an instinctive thing that I ...  Read the complete review

Being a parent to me is the most rewarding job in the whole world and wouldn't have wanted it any other way. Im a father to a little girl of 6 and a boy 18 months and believe me it doesn't go without its hard work. When my wife ( she was my girlfriend at the time ) told me she was expecting I was in the middle of my degree and we were still living at my mums so it really if im honest the right time. Although I say this when she told me I didn't think of any of this and just felt a massive urge to protect her and my unborn baby and felt I was the luckiest man in the whole world. When my daughter was born I was so proud of her ...  Read the complete review