RICHARD IRVINE

DOUBLE TROUBLE FOR A FIRST TIME DAD OF TWINS

- 

There are quite a few reasons why children, despite their various challenges, remain a popular option for many people.

And one of those is they help you recapture your own treasured youth. As a small boy, the waterpark for me was a magical land of slides, chutes and cannons, so reliving those precious childhood memories with my own offspring was a must.

Prior to the twins, I'd gone with my brother and his family to a huge aquatic centre, lost them all in the chaos and decided to go it alone on the biggest slide.

I queued for an hour, only to discover you had to squeeze into a rubber ring with another person, and everybody else was in pairs, so the young man in charge told me I wasn't allowed by myself.