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The essential guide for new
dads, because babies don’t
come with a set of instructions…

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What we offer

As a new dad, you will feel excited but may also feel left out, unsure or overwhelmed.

The DadPad can help. Developed with the NHS, the DadPad is the essential guide for dads-to-be and new dads, providing the knowledge and practical skills that you need to be able to support yourself and your partner, so that your baby gets the best possible start in life.

In addition to our original DadPad, we have a variety of other resources, all aimed at supporting new and expectant families.

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Who we are

Inspire Cornwall CIC – the company behind DadPad and the Co-ParentPad – are a social enterprise, with no shareholders, putting feedback and profits back into our products, for the benefit of all new families.

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Ask DadPad Labour & Birth Mental Health
Author name | 21st July 2023
Ask DadPad Labour & Birth Mental Health
Author name | 21st July 2023
Ask DadPad Labour & Birth Mental Health
Author name | 21st July 2023

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Using DadPad resources brings many benefits, including helping and enabling dads to:

  • reduce their own anxiety by getting involved and gaining confidence;
  • learn how to create a strong bond and healthy attachment with their baby;
  • build stronger family relationships by sharing the load and learning how to parent together;
  • recognise the signs of postnatal depression and other forms of mental ill-health, in both themselves and their partner, and learn how to get help early.

The DadPad resources are also intended to assist health professionals engage and build relationships with new dads and dads-to-be.

 

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