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Tips and advice to help you navigate parenthood and bond with your baby.

The Dad Squad tackle daily parenting challenges

The Dad Squad

Watch as The Dad Squad take on everything parenting life throws at them and offer their solutions for everyday tasks.

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The perils of a public nappy change

Tom talks us through the first time he had to change his baby when out and about.

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Feeling lost as a new parent

Imran struggles to cope as a lonely new dad.

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What I Want People To Know About...

Stories from real parents

Parents around the country open up about their family and what they wish other people knew about their situation.

PARENT LIFE

Angus's story: “It was tough only being able to hold him on the sofa”

Angus, 32, has a 3-year-old son, Alfie. This is Angus's story about parenting with muscular dystrophy.

PARENTING STORIES

Lewis's story: “I can’t remember the first 3 months of my son’s life”

Lewis lost his dad shortly before becoming a dad himself. This is his story about parenting with mental health issues.

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Relatively Speaking - chats across generations

Watch all of Relatively Speaking

Watch these intimate chats across generations, as a group of dads open up about parenting with their role models.

PARENTING STORIES

The times I've felt overwhelmed

How have you dealt with things when it's all got a bit much?

PARENTING STORIES

The times I've been out of my comfort zone

How have you adapted to new situations?

PARENTING STORIES

Top tips

Strategies for coping with stress as a parent

Dr Emma Hepburn suggests tips for helpful ways to cope with parental stress.

TIPS AND ADVICE

How to cope with becoming a dad during a pandemic

Oli writes about becoming a dad in a pandemic and speaks to experts about how best to deal with its stresses.

PARENTING STORIES

Dad science: How men's bodies and brains change when they become dads

It's clear mum changes biologically, but did you realise that men’s bodies change when they become dads too?

SCIENCE AND FACTS

New dads: your guide to good mental health

How to navigate the unique anxieties and pressures of being a new dad.

TIPS AND ADVICE

Daddy Freckle - Playing rhyming games

Daddy Freckle and his daughter Flo play a fun rhyming game - great for building vocabulary before school.

RHYMES AND SONGS

Daddy Freckle - Making up silly songs

Blogger Daddy Freckle and a group of dads show how fun it can be to make up silly songs with their children.

RHYMES AND SONGD

Advice for new dads who feel left out, lonely or useless

Help and tips for nervous dads taking their tentative first steps as a parent.

TIPS AND ADVICE

How dads can bond with their baby and be at their best

Check out tips from Blackpool Better Start's Owen Hargreaves on how to bond with your baby and keep cool.

TIPS AND ADVICE

Dad chat

How life is different with a baby

How having children changes your sex life, career and other parts of everyday life.

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Dad worries during pregnancy

Looking after mum during pregnancy, feeling like a spare part and the amazing experience of birth.

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How relationships change when you become a dad

Chatting about how parenthood affects close relationships and whether it's OK to play happy families on social media.

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Building your confidence as a dad

Our dads talk about their confidence as parents and the rights and wrongs of comparing themselves to other dads.

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Being responsible for someone else's life

The pressures and responsibilities of becoming a parent, and dealing with the regrets too.

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Meet all our dads

Our Dad Life crew answer some essential questions about being a parent.

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Dads' stories

DJ Tom Zanetti - Life as a young single dad

We caught up with Tom about becoming a dad at a young age and his experiences as a single dad.

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Chris and Scott's story: What it's like being a dad with PND?

Two dads speak out about their experiences with PND and offer their words of advice.

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What I want people to know about race, racism and parenting

We spoke to a number of different families about their experiences and conversations they'd had with their children.

PARENTING STORIES

BBC Weather’s Simon King on what it’s like to deliver your own baby

BBC Weather presenter Simon King shares his experience of bringing daughter Nell into the world.

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We’ve been dads for a year: Here’s eight things we’ve learnt

3 dads talk about the things they've learnt about fatherhood.

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Fatherhood: 'I felt like my feelings were trivial compared to my wife'

Nihal Arthanayake hosts a conversation about dads' mental health and paternal post-natal depression.

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Dad inspiration

The changing ways dads have bonded with their kids

We spoke to cultural anthropologist Dr Anna Machin about how dads' parenting roles have changed.

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Unique baby names: What’s the story behind your baby’s name?

We asked parents for the inspiration behind their little one’s name.

PREGNANCY

16 surprising ways fatherhood changes you

Celebrate Father's Day with Comedian and author Sam Avery, who lists all the ways becoming a dad changes you.

TIPS AND ADVICE

11 dad wins you weren't expecting

How many of these have you experienced?

FATHER'S DAY

'Having children is the biggest life-changing moment'

Ex-footballer, Marvin Sordell, talks to Prince William about parenting and mental health.

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Why being a dad is totally worth it

A dad delivers a spoken-word performance about the realities of fatherhood.

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How babies' sounds are the stepping stones to language

A dad gives a performance poem about how babies learn communication skills.

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Stay-at-home dads set up father-friendly playgroup

The story of two dads who set up their own stay and play group.

BBC NEWS

To Paternity and Beyond

To Paternity and Beyond: Reflections

Discover why mirrors are so great for your baby's development.

To Paternity and Beyond: Making faces

Find out why pulling funny faces is a great way to communicate with your baby.

To Paternity and Beyond

Watch all 10 episodes of To Paternity and Beyond.

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Pregnancy know-how

Make a video diary

A video diary is a great way to chart your progress and think about the future.

PREGNANCY

Get ready for your baby's first week

Simple ways to prepare for your baby's arrival.

PREGNANCY

Nesting in pregnancy

How to get your home ready for the arrival of your baby.

PREGNANCY

Meeting other mums and dads to be

Others out there are going through the same thing as you - it can be good to share your hopes and fears.

PREGNANCY

Playing music to baby

Playing music to your bump might just get a response from your baby.

PREGNANCY

Taking bump selfies

By taking a weekly selfie you'll be able to look back over your pregnancy journey.

PREGNANCY

How can partners help with the birth?

A few ways partners can help things run smoothly when it comes to having the baby.

PREGNANCY

Russell Kane on parenthood

Russell Kane on parenting and social media

Russell's take on the pitfalls of parenting in the social media age.

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Russell Kane on dads during pregnancy and birth

What is dad's role during pregnancy and labour? What should you say?!

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Russell Kane on the link between language and happiness

Russell has noticed something when it comes to his daughter learning to talk.

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Russell Kane on parental worries

Russell explains how you aren't alone with all your worries.

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Russell Kane on the first night as a dad

Comic dad Russell explains how he felt the night he took his baby home.

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