parenting – Page 3

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”

We’re moving school!

We got confirmation over half term that Katie has been accepted at the school we applied to, so she will definitely be starting there in September. She will be in a year 5/6 mixed class of 15 kids including her. There are only 47 kids in the entire school, compared to her current school whereContinue reading “We’re moving school!”

Miscarriage

After having Katie we decided quite quickly to try and have a second baby. John only wanted two children so we thought it made sense to have them close together. As was the case when we were trying for Katie I got pregnant straight away. As everything had been plain sailing with my first pregnancyContinue reading “Miscarriage”

Sensory observations

In the last year or so Katie’s sensory sensitivities have really come to the fore. When she was younger I don’t think they were very noticeable. I’m not sure if that’s just because we weren’t looking, or if she was masking, or if she used to be able to cope with them more easily whenContinue reading “Sensory observations”

School enquiry

A few weeks ago I sent an enquiry to two schools in our area, both of which have good reputations and are much smaller schools than Katie’s current one. I outlined that we were struggling to get accommodations put in place for Katie at her current school, listed what those accommodations were, and asked eachContinue reading “School enquiry”

Chalk and cheese

This week has been just me and the girls at home together due to them having to isolate for 10 days after positive covid cases in their school bubbles. They are the only ones who have to isolate unless either of them get covid symptoms and then we would all have to stay home, butContinue reading “Chalk and cheese”

You’ve got this

There is a common theme doing the rounds on my social media pages these days of “We’ve got this” or “You’ve got this.” It picked up momentum in the third lockdown given that a lot of people were struggling. In one sense it’s comforting and gives a sense of we’re all in this together. ButContinue reading “You’ve got this”

A mountain or a molehill?

Yesterday morning Katie did not want to go to school. This is nothing unusual but I asked her if there was anything particular that was bothering her and she said one of the boys in her class had told the teacher she was bullying him. I asked if he had any reason to say that,Continue reading “A mountain or a molehill?”

School support (or not)

I’m eternally grateful to Amanda for suggesting we should go and get Katie assessed. I hate to think where we would be right now if it wasn’t for her. I can’t deny there are negatives to Katie’s diagnosis – I don’t think any parent would choose for their child to face difficulties in life ifContinue reading “School support (or not)”