What it's really like to raise a baby with one mum and TWO dads...
all living in the same house By Ellie Fazan Published: 01:55 BST, 29 August 2024 | Updated: 01:57 BST, 29 August 2024 e-mail View comments The summer sun floods in through the kitchen doors as we prepare for our son's first birthday party. I'm blowing up balloons. Eddie, Sid's father, is cooking.
Meanwhile, Jack, Eddie's partner and Sid's other dad, is on margarita duty. A glass smashes on the floor. In a flash, I scoop up Sid, Jack clears the broken glass and Eddie pours another drink.
'This,' Eddie smiles, 'is exactly how it was supposed to be.' It's a stark contrast from my life in 2020. I was 38, single and feeling deep grief at the very real possibility of a child-free life.
It was a leap into the unknown to ask Eddie, my oldest friend, if he and Jack, his long-term partner, would like to have a child with me. I was joyfully surprised when, not only did he say yes – he and Jack wanted to co-parent, too. It was a leap into the unknown to ask Eddie (right), my oldest friend, if he and Jack (left), his long-term partner, would like to have a child with me Now we all live together in our home in Hackney, East London .
Sid and I have the top floor. Eddie, 45, and Jack, 39, have the floor below, while downstairs is a kitchen and shared family space. We wanted to live together so Sid knew we were a committed, loving family, and that he was at the very heart of it.
Sid calls Jack 'Dada', and Eddie 'Tata' ('Tata.