We had a 3 day Christmas this year – I love Christmas for seeing family and spending time together but I’ve read a lot about how difficult and overwhelming it can be for neurodiverse people (not just autistics). This year we spent Christmas Day with my mum and step dad, stayed the night at theirContinue reading “Tis the season”
Tag Archives: autism
Boost
A couple of years ago (ish) when it was first suggested that Katie might be autistic, I was told to book myself onto a parenting course (or courses) because if we got as far as CAMHS that would be their first recommendation so it would help if we’d already done it. I signed up toContinue reading “Boost”
Work experience
I work for a charity that supports school students to improve their work related skills so they’re more ready to start employment. Pre-Covid my role was to arrange work experience placements for students from year 10 and upwards. Following a pause because of covid, schools are now starting to ask for work experience placements again.Continue reading “Work experience”
It’s raining it’s pouring
So this Saturday it absolutely pelted it down with rain all day. It’s the kind of day that I used to secretly quite like before I had children. John works Saturdays so I probably would have stayed in bed for with a cup of tea and a cat on my lap, cleaned the house andContinue reading “It’s raining it’s pouring”
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”
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”
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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