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Birthdays are really a big thing for me, that’s why when I heard that it was International Missing Children Day on 25th May 2013 I really wanted to help spread the word. You see that is MY birthday & I would like nothing better than to help others be reunited with their children. Today marks … Read more
This is an entry into the “BritMums/Special K “How I’ve changed Linky challenge” Sponsored by Special K. Let’s be honest here I only entered this for the prizes. Sometime in the last 30 years I had tried Special K and HATED it. I thought it was bland, plain and flavourless. It reminded me of drop a … Read more
It is known that warm and responsive parenting is optimal for child development. A study* has found that “the parents of children with disabilities and suspected delays evidenced significantly lower levels of warmth and less frequent parent–child activities compared with other parents.” With studies like this it is always a case of the sample utilised, … Read more
Please can you join me in this week’s theme of Spinning! We know how important it is to spend time with the boys – as a family, and individually, with each of them. Getting outside, and being active, is also a top priority. One of the advantages of changing schools is that we no longer … Read more
I have to admit, that despite this lovely weather, I feel tired and depressed. I know, I know I should be happy, grateful how wonderful my life is, how things could be much worse – but I just can’t get past this tiredness and depression. We are waiting to see if my husband’s mother has Cancer. … Read more
April is Autism Awareness We believe that our youngest son has Autism. Whatever it is he needs help. We have just received his final statement. It does not look like he will get into the school of choice unless we have evidence that his main difficulty is in Communication and interaction. As he is going … Read more
It was an exciting day as the school allocations arrived, either by e-mail (in the early hours of the morning for the dedicated parents), or by post. LOTS of disappointment this year with some sort of baby boom and people not getting into their first, second, third and even fourth choices! But what they did … Read more
I always remember my driving instructor being very proud that his son “knew” that milk came from cows. I asked him, “well where else were you expecting him to say that it came from?” He was only about 5 years old so things alternatives such as goats I thought would be a bit more abstract. … Read more
