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Inevitably, there comes a time when you want to leave the house with your newborn(s). After a few weeks of shielding them from all the sun, wind and rain, the babies must make their outdoor debut and face the elements. This may bring some anxiety. Wh...

It was an emotional birth for Nakita Dyer even though the twin girls weren’t hers. Just over a year ago she agreed to act as a surrogate for complete strangers who’d struggled to have children of their own. On June 3 she was able to give them the gif...

I always seem to get far more praise than my wife does when we are taking our babies out in public. People seem to respond to my very limited and humble skill at not completely upsetting the babies as a rare and virtuous quality. While I appreciate ...

I’ve made a wonderful mistake. My twins have been finding it difficult to settle after they feed at night, so I let them fall asleep listening to my heartbeat. Good idea, right? I mean, what’s the worst that could happen? It’s not like they’d get com...

There will be days when nothing goes right. The baby will be endlessly upset and you won’t know why but it will leave you stressed and tired, looking at your to-do list like a college student looks at their biochemistry syllabus during first semester...

We’ve all seen the routine: cries of duress from a helpless soul are heard by a sleepless protagonist who swoops in and saves the day. There’s times when we all could use a superhero, especially us new parents. Who hasn’t been terrified to act, certa...

My tired thoughts for all new and/or expectant parents out there: get your rest when you can. All of you older parents know this truth already. Let me start at the beginning. When you let people know that you’re expecting a child, probably a top-two...

The Consultative Immigration Reform Working Group has delivered its recommendations on adoption. The proposal for legislative reform was sent to Michael Dunkley, the Premier, as well as Minister of Home Affairs Patricia Gordon-Pamplin and Bermuda In...

A co-worker drew Nakita Dyer’s attention to the couple’s plight. They were looking for a surrogate, someone willing to carry the child they couldn’t have themselves. Mrs Dyer considered it kismet. Twelve years prior she had offered to do the same for...

Husayn Symonds I have a lot of respect for gardeners and farmers. Their craft is probably the most important in human history — next to the internet and the invention of the printing press. What I find beautiful about the process of gardening is the ...

So let me start with a joke. What do you call a group of parents? A worry (cue rimshot). That might only be funny to me, but maybe it’s best to be lighthearted during times like this! If I can’t be happy now, when can I be happy? There is a peculiar ...

Most parents feel overwhelmed at times. Andrea Lightbourne-Webster is offering support through the mayhem: a one-day conference at which parents will learn they are not on their own. “Very often parents suffer in silence thinking they are the only o...