Did I mention Lyall and Rich like to squabble? Relentlessly? Like every moment they have together? Find out more here!

Sam's beautiful new children's book, The Blanket Bears follows the adoption journey of two neglected little bears...

Richard's earliest memory is eating custard doughnuts on a beach on holiday when he was three. Probing deeper into Richard's memory...

Here it is folks; the final part of our adoption application process and the prequel to the very beginning of the Daddy & Dad story almost..

See Daddy & Dad and a nice little cameo from the boys in the latest BuzzFeed UK videos about parenting (sponsored by Calpol). Enjoy!

We've all been there... the dreaded job interview. All those antiquated techniques you learned in the careers room at school are dredged up some twenty years...

In part three, Tom and I were recommended for adoption by the panel and, sure enough a couple of weeks later a formal letter arrived from...

This is a throwback to a blog post written in 2018! Enjoy x There’s no denying the fact that being a parent is hard work, right? On one hand, you have the en...

After our final assessment visit from Michelle, things went quiet for a couple of weeks. The assessment had been intrusive and demanding...

Above: Our nephews from Nordhorn in Germany who helped us with our assessment 💙 Find part one by clicking here The grand assessment Toward the end of the fi...

I started producing the Daddy & Dad blog shortly after Lyall and Rich ‘moved in’ back in 2014, after our adoption process had reached its happy conclusion. T...

National Adoption Week 2017 (October 16th-22nd) focused on adopting siblings. There are thousands of adorable little sibling groups waiting for their forever...

It’s 20 minutes before the head teacher, Mr Hovers, rings his huge bell right into my unsuspecting face (not a euphemism, naughty), signalling the children t...

This isn’t strictly a new blog post (slapped wrist) but rather an article that I put together recently for LGBT family network New Family Social, to enlighte...

Question (Beyoncé fans of a certain age raise their hand): Is it okay or not to leave the children in the car at the petrol station while you pay for fuel? W...

(Warning – there is some awful bad language in this blog update, if you’re of an easily offended persuasion, skip the first bit) Here I am again, coming to y...

Heavens. (Oo I sound just like Grannie Jean. Hi Jean *waves). It’s already April 2015 and officially twelve months into our adoption placement with Lyall and...

Find part one here. The front door of the foster home opened; it was the boys’ foster carer, Lindsey, sporting a huge smile and reaching out for a hug and ki...

Arriving half an hour early, we parked the car in a lay-by just around the corner from Lyall and Richard’s foster home. It was a sunny Spring morning and a c...

If you’re considering adoption, particularly adoption of school-age children, one thing to apply some serious thought to (over a huge glass of wine and a sla...