And my mental health! I spend a huge amount of time worrying about Ethans mental health and how it will pan out over the next 5-10 years and beyond! I also worry about the mental health of my other kids (the ones still at home are my focus for this blog!) My older daughter is … Continue reading World mental health day……..
Category: Autism
Sequins And Harvest Festival
This morning was our schools Harvest celebration which strangely now involves a cash charity donation rather than a tin of out of date soup or two which is a real shame as I have been saving this bad boy for just such an occasion! Does anyone really eat this stuff? Anyway, as with any large … Continue reading Sequins And Harvest Festival
Will My Boy Be Another Kid In Crisis?
After the recent Panorama episode- Kids In Crisis highlighting the failures of the mental health system for our children and showing the heartbreak so many families suffer as a result, I can't help but feel grateful that we, so far seem to have been lucky on our journey in getting a diagnosis so young for … Continue reading Will My Boy Be Another Kid In Crisis?
Day One Of Big School- Masking?
Excuse the dodgy hair do! She insisted and was much happier than this picture portrays! 😁 So for the eagerly awaited update on school-gate, erm ok maybe not so eagerly awaited (is anyone reading??? Lol) Wow! I honestly did not think that I would be writing such a positive post about this! My darling boy … Continue reading Day One Of Big School- Masking?
More Sellotape Please! The Tale Of Three Bunnies
We get through a ridiculous amount of Sellotape in this household and this is down to Ethan's fabulous Autistic imagination! Ethan comes up with some great ideas and I am usually the production team. But I have to get it right otherwise there's hell to pay and sometimes trying to understand the vision he has in … Continue reading More Sellotape Please! The Tale Of Three Bunnies
Big School Is Almost Upon Us 😬
So the big day is almost upon us, the day my Autistic little fire cracker starts his big boy life in school, the day that I have had sleepless nights over for the past year! 😴 The 'S' word has been banned in our house and in all social engagements during the break as it … Continue reading Big School Is Almost Upon Us 😬
The Black Hole Of Parental Guilt!
Guilt for every parent is a natural consequence of reproducing, we feel guilt for eating a prawn (or something else on the forbidden foods list) by accident during pregnany We feel guilty for every tiny thing we consider a mistake on our parts during their lives We feel guilty for getting cross or not spending … Continue reading The Black Hole Of Parental Guilt!
