19th Jul 2020

The Best Job Ever - Celebrating all kinds of Dads this Father's Day

First up is our very own Lex. Father to Tilly and husband to Verity (@mummasparks ). He and Verity have been together since they were at secondary school. Tilly came along in 2015 and they married in 2016. The three of them, together with their sausage dogs Bruce and Penny, have made their home in the Somerset countryside.

How do you make sure you get to spend quality time with your child? One of the best things about working alongside my wife in the family business is that we both have the opportunity to stay home and care for Tilly when she's not at nursery or with her Nanna. When I am at work Verity and Tilly like to spend time painting and drawing, but when it's my turn we try to get outdoors as often as possible. I play a lot of sport at the weekends so I am really happy that Tilly enjoys ball games and the time we spend out of the house. She has her creative time with Verity but these moments we spend having fun outside are definitely 'our thing' together and I think that's what makes it quality time.

What do you find is the hardest thing about being a parent? When she's sick, it breaks my heart. Daddy cuddles help but I always just wish I could magic it all away.

What is the most rewarding thing about being a parent? Hearing those special four words; Daddy, I love you. We have such a close bond. Knowing that she understands how loved she is and that she knows I will always be her protector are the most precious things.

What is your funniest parenting moment? When Tilly was being toilet trained, I don't know exactly why but she seemed to love taking trips to the toilet and asked to be taken all the time. We often found that once we'd taken her, she decided that she didn't need to go after all. This was becoming a habit and one day we were at a restaurant eating dinner when she announced she 'needed to go' yet again. She'd only just been to the toilet moments before so we insisted, 'No Tilly, you've just been to the toilet, you don't need to go again just yet'. Tilly responded by peeing right on the restaurant floor, in front of us and the other diners. All in all a very funny parenting moment, but also equally embarrassing.

How would you spend your ideal Fathers Day? Tilly will no doubt climb into our bed so the day will most certainly start with cuddles. Then some time spent outdoors is a must, so a nice walk together. Perhaps via a lovely country pub. Then dinner with all the family.

Justin Boghici (@alldadstalk) is juggling family life, his career and his online world, from his home in London. You may already be familiar with his wife on Instagram @allmumstalk and between the both of them, they are raising their two children Lucas and Amelie, in the big city.

How do you make sure you get to spend quality time with your children? I think this is my most challenging task at the moment, trying to keep a healthy balance between my work life and the little ones. But I make sure we plan lots of fun and new activities during the weekends and I also try to finish work earlier, at least 1-2 times a week so I can put them to bed.

What do you find is the hardest thing about being a parent? The juggle. It’s a constant jiggle with not much respiro...

What is the most rewarding thing about being a parent? So much to say here...To keep it short it’s mostly about the cuddles, they have a magic power on me!

What is your funniest parenting moment? It must be each feeding Amelie has these days! Imagine beetroot puree on the ceiling. Funny for me, not so funny for my other half!

How would you spend your ideal Fathers Day? Absolutely, I'd have to spend the entire day with my tribe. Why? Because they’re fun, unpredictable and rather cool.

Follow Justin over on his Instagram at or for even more visit the alldadstalk blog here.

Lee Tregar (@daddylee_sw), just like his partner of 9 years Michael, is a brand new Dad having adopted his son Rhys last year when he was just six months old. The family also have two dogs and two cats and are enjoying family life together in Manchester.

How do you make sure you get to spend quality time with your child? Making time for my son is everything as he needs to have the memories and moments to remember a happy childhood. Me and my partner work as a team to ensure we take every given opportunity to spend time as a family, whether that be 10 minutes in the morning having breakfast together or going on a park walk at the weekend.

What do you find is the hardest thing about being a parent? It's definitely the adjustment of staying in during the evenings. Before having a child you forgot children have early bed times and not to disturb them, but a well rested baby is a happy baby.

What is the most rewarding thing about being a parent? 100% is watching them grown and learn. Encouraging them to crawl, talk or walk and seeing them achieve these milestones.

What is your funniest parenting moment? It would be my partner Michael constantly putting nappies or vests on back to front. Don’t worry, he’s got the hang of it now!

How would you spend your ideal Father's Day? Father's day 2018 is going to be super special. It will be our first Father's Day together. It’s a day for both me and my partner, plus it’s also my birthday! I pray for some sunshine and just a lovely day at the park watching or son take some steps, followed by a meal in the evening.......well afternoon (let’s not break the bedtime routine!).

Follow Lee on his brand new parenting adventure over on his Instagram or for even more, visit his blog here.

Adam is the dad behind the ever amusing @dadforit where you can see family life through his perspective with his partner Kate and their little boy Fenh who is 2. They also have 2 Boston Terriers, Vinnie & Peggy and they are expecting baby number 2 in September.

How do you make sure you get to spend quality time with your child? Quality, not quantity is definitely key when you're a working Dad. I always make sure that we make the weekends count and in many ways we actually get more out of our weekends now that we're parents than we did before. You really learn to make the most of them when you have kids.

What do you find is the hardest thing about being a parent? I would have to say, it's probably how much the life that you have been used to for so many years suddenly changes. So many aspects of your life have to change to accommodate the new little person in your life, whether it's cars, houses, holidays, how much quality time you get to spend with your partner or simply how much sleep you do or don't get! We got our 2 Boston Terriers before we had Fenh thinking that it might prepare us for being parents... I know, I know... It didn't!

What is the most rewarding thing about being a parent? Every time your kid smiles. Cheesy as that sounds it's the truth.

What is your funniest parenting moment? When Fenh was about 9 months old I was in the bathroom, mid-shave and thought it would be really funny to go and see him with shaving foam all over my face. I thought I looked a bit like Father Christmas (even though he didn't know who that was at the time) so assumed it would be a good idea and he'd love it... It wasn't, he didn't, and he started screaming the house down as soon as he saw me!

How would you spend your ideal Father's Day? Breakfast in bed. Family walk with the dogs. Pub lunch. Cinema date with Kate to see Jurassic World. It's okay for adults to like dinosaurs too, right?

Follow Adam for some very funny observations on family life on his Instagram or for even more, visit his blog here.

Gwyn Jones (@1daddy3daughters) is documenting his parenting journey of being the only male in the household. He is Dad to his 3 girls Matilda (7), Amelie (5) and Beatrice (2... almost 3) and husband to his wife Daisy. The family also have a 1 year old sausage dog (you've guessed it, another girl!) called Martha. As he says, Daisy had always wanted 4 girls, so I perhaps her dreams have come true?

How do you make sure you get to spend quality time with your children? I work full time in marketing and whilst I have a busy job, I manage my time so that I see the girls in the morning before work and we have breakfast together (When I say together, I mean they eat while I'm doing things like cleaning shoes and ironing a shirt, then I stuff a bit of toast in my mouth on the way out the door). I always leave work in time to get home to help with bedtime, as putting 3 kids to bed is a tough gig on your own. I like to listen to them read and it always amazes me how quickly they progress with learning things.

What do you find is the hardest thing about being a parent? The hardest thing is trying not to be a parent all of the time and trying to be a husband every now and then. It's our 10th wedding anniversary this year and we're hoping we might manage a couple of nights away as just us - which will be the first time in more than 5 years we've been on our own!

What is the most rewarding thing about being a parent? I think I find the most rewarding part of being a parent is having the daunting task of helping to feed their minds. I like to try and teach them to be inquisitive and understand things. I studied science at University and love the way telling them about what goes on inside their bodies - it baffles and amazes them at the same time.

What is your funniest parenting moment? Not funny at the time, but funny looking back it is.... Aged about 6 weeks old, Matilda fired a highly impressive projectile poo all over Daisy, including in her hair at around 4.30 am. She was not amused, but on reflection it's quite amusing and also a pretty decent feat by Matilda.

How would you spend your ideal Fathers Day? In bed ideally until around 08.30 would be amazing and would more than likely constitute the longest lie in I've had in over 7 years. Then a nice undisturbed shower (again, pretty unheard of), followed by a plate of eggs benedict (sauce on the side). Then I'm ready for a fun day out with the girls, perhaps a bike ride (although this generally involves me towing a number of them), or swimming and somewhere nice for lunch, then all veg out and watch a film (I quite like Sing and Gnomeo and Juliette at the moment - I think I've only seen them about 25 times each).