I am really lucky that I had all 4 of my grandparents in my life until my Grandpa died when I was 20. My Grandma died when I was 26, and my Gran died when I was 34. I still have my other Grandpa. I don’t know what I believe about why we’re all here,Continue reading “After Death”
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New beginnings
Katie, Alice and Matthew have all finished their first full week back at school. Katie has moved to her new school now, Alice finished infants last year and has moved into the juniors, and Matthew has started school for the first time. It was very reassuring to see that Katie was actually excited to startContinue reading “New beginnings”
A home away from home
We are really lucky that my dad and his partner own a house in Newquay so once or twice a year we head down there for a few days, and that’s what we did in the last week of these summer holidays. We left John at home as he was working, and we went downContinue reading “A home away from home”
Sleep
Once upon a time I had three children who went to bed at a sensible time and slept all night. There was a sweet spot of a couple of years when we had no babies needing night feeds and other than the occasional wake up because of a bad dream or a wet sheet theContinue reading “Sleep”
A camping experience
Last week we took the kiddies camping for 3 nights, staying in a field on a farm site in East Sussex. For the most part we had a really fun time, and the small people have all decreed that they would like to do it again. Hurrah! The good bits: We involved all the kidsContinue reading “A camping experience”
About Alice
Alice just keeps improving with age. She wasn’t a happy baby but the second she could move around a bit more for herself she started cheering up. It’s like being a baby just didn’t suit her and she was in a hurry to grow. Her jumperoo was a lifesaver from when she was about 3Continue reading “About Alice”
CAMHS
Nadine Dorries has been causing a bit of a stir on twitter at the moment. Following her tweet that “CAMHS is well resourced and robust” many parents shared their stories of their own experiences of CAMHS which suggest anything but a well resourced and robust service. Nadine also tweeted “we lead the world in theContinue reading “CAMHS”
Moving on
We have come to the end of the last full week of term for the 2020/21 academic year. It’s felt like a big week for each of the kids. Katie has been invited to a friend’s sleepover and is there now. She came out of school absolutely beaming the other day because she had beenContinue reading “Moving on”
About Katie
Pretty much everything I’ve written so far has been about the things Katie finds hard in life – that’s just because that’s been a focus of our lives at the moment while she’s been going through a tough time, and we’ve been doing battle with school and applying to her new school. She has aContinue reading “About Katie”
Spare the rod spoil the child
There are a few things recently that I’ve mentioned in passing to friends or family of decisions we’ve made with Katie which have had a bit of a mixed reaction. I think sometimes me and John can struggle with how we parent her because we are bringing her up in a different way to howContinue reading “Spare the rod spoil the child”
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