Having a baby with your best mate
Today in Focus
The Guardian
4.6 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Guardian. |
| 0:08.0 | Today, what happens when you have a baby with your best mate instead of a romantic partner? Hi! |
| 0:23.6 | Hello! |
| 0:25.6 | It's a sunny day in Shrewsbury and a very cheery little girl with rosy cheeks and just a few front teeth is keen to see who's at the door. |
| 0:35.6 | Hello. Who's this? |
| 0:37.8 | Hello, gorgeous girl. |
| 0:39.3 | She loves visitors. |
| 0:41.3 | Does she? |
| 0:42.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:42.8 | She was just doing a poo though. |
| 0:44.9 | Oh really? |
| 0:47.6 | This is Nicholas Lawson, a journalist and writer, and her very sociable 11-month-old daughter. |
| 0:54.2 | Should we let them in? |
| 0:56.5 | Thanks for having us. |
| 0:58.9 | Nicola recently went back to work and Tom, the baby's dad, took over the shared |
| 1:03.3 | parental leave. |
| 1:04.5 | She's a gentle. |
| 1:05.7 | Oh, I just love chubby baby legs. |
| 1:10.4 | The baby can already walk and loves razzing around the living room on her ladybird scooter, carefully manoeuvred by Tom every time she gets into a tight spot. |
| 1:21.6 | It's an adrenaline junkie. |
| 1:24.6 | It's the perfect picture of domestic life, a mum, a dad and their longed-for baby girl. |
| 1:30.9 | But here's the twist. |
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