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Matt Andrews

Engineering manager into cycling, music, good beer and writing.

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The cost of having a baby

“Babies are a rip-off”, the midwife said, packing up the breast pumps and knitted practice boobs. She was laughing as she said it, but it’s a line that’s stayed with us ever since

Matt Andrews Matt Andrews 10 min read 6 October 2019

Surprise! The things you wish you knew

Before having Ted we did NCT parenting classes. We spent hours in a local community centre practicing holding, changing and feeding life-size dolls, or picking out words from a list which might relate

Matt Andrews Matt Andrews 3 min read 24 September 2019

Sensitivity

One thing you might discover when you announce that you’re going to become a parent is that lots of people you know have been quietly struggling with this very thing, often for years.

Matt Andrews Matt Andrews 3 min read 2 September 2019

Notes on breastfeeding

In all honesty I didn’t really think much about breastfeeding prior to having a baby, even during the pregnancy. We’d been to NCT classes which devoted an entire three hour session to the

Matt Andrews Matt Andrews 4 min read 9 August 2019

The golden days

The Golden Days

Matt Andrews Matt Andrews 3 min read 7 August 2019
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