RICHARD IRVINE

DOUBLE TROUBLE FOR A FIRST TIME DAD OF TWINS

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Aside from a large Lottery win, there's no greater gift than children.

They arrive, everything changes, and you pick up the pieces over the following few years while coming to terms with a new reality.

And then once you're adapted, life changes again, so last year's problem is now this year's triumph, which means existence is rarely dull, even if it can be a little frustrating.

Here are just a few of the ever-changing curiosities I've noticed over the past few weeks, which go to prove if you're a struggling parent out there, you've 'gotta have faith', as George Michael once sang.

For five frustrating years, the twins have refused to eat any form of protein other than chicken nuggets but have suddenly branched out into all manner of meats and fish.