What is the DadPad?
It’s the essential guide for new dads, developed with the NHS.

Why do you need it?
As a new dad you will feel excited, but you may also feel left out, unsure or overwhelmed. The DadPad can help by giving you the knowledge and practical skills that you need.  The resource will support you and your partner to give your baby the best possible start in life.

 

*CHRISTMAS 2024*

Our last day for posting website orders before Christmas is Wednesday 18 December 2024; please note that all orders received after 4.00pm on this day will not be processed until we return to the office in the New Year.  Any orders made via bank transfer and not paid prior to this cut-off point will similarly not be processed until January.  You can, of course, still order DadPads from our Amazon store throughout the festive period.

The DadPad offices will be closed from lunchtime on Friday 20 December until 10.00am on Monday 06 January 2025.

We thank everyone for supporting us in 2024 and look forward to carrying on working to support dads, parents and families in 2025 – and beyond!

Download a 10 page sample here

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Download the first 10 pages of The DadPad for free
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Benefits

  • Reduce your own anxiety by getting involved and gaining in confidence
  • Learn how to create a strong bond and healthy attachment with your baby
  • Build stronger family relationships by sharing the load and learning how to parent together
  • Recognise the signs of postnatal depression in both yourself and your partner, and learn how to get help early
Learn more

DadPad for new dads

LAST DAY FOR CHRISTMAS POSTING: Wed 18 Dec 2024 – any orders placed and/or paid for after 4.00pm on this date will not be processed until the New Year.

 

To buy your own 38-page wipe-clean DadPad for just £12.00 (including 2nd class postage to a UK address):

CLICK HERE

PLEASE NOTE: All orders placed via bank transfer which are not paid for within seven calendar days of ordering will be automatically cancelled.

DadPad for businesses

To order bespoke DadPads which meet the needs of your business and to find out more on how the DadPad can work for you, your patients or your employees:

Click here

Testimonials

  • I was a bit scared when we found out we were having a baby, obviously happy, but a bit scared and in the beginning I was a bit clueless. The child development part is my favourite bit, but there’s things in there, like things about mental health, that I didn’t know about and that I didn’t know you needed to know about.

    Ross, 22

  • The DadPad gives support to new fathers who can often feel left out and unable to help when they’re needed most, and this can put a strain on both parents.

    Giles Berrisford, one of NHS England’s two Associate National Clinical Directors for Perinatal Mental Health

  • Young dads find it difficult to ask for help, particularly where their partners can become expert in the practicalities quite quickly and they don’t. [The DadPad] is about Dads being prepared for some of that tension and strain of being a new parent, but without being overwhelmed and knowing that it’s not just mums who can access the help and advice that’s available, even if they don’t live with their partner.

    Ruth Wellings, Programme Manager for Women and Children at NHS Kernow CCG