Category: Neurodivergence in Children
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The first song.
Parenting is full of firsts. First smile, first steps, first word (different children achieve these in different orders and at different ages, don’t panic). What I’ve found unexpected is that the firsts don’t lose impact as your children get older. In fact, sometimes they’re greater. I’ve written before about being the unheard cheerleader, now my…
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Home education, how's it looking these days?
I still get a fair few contacts via social media about home education, so I thought it was probably time for a bit of an update on where we are, how we’re doing and what it looks like these days. Also, I was inspired by Adele over at Beautiful Tribe who wrote a beautiful post…
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Monday morning changes.
So today, this happened. Which was a bit startling. Big has, on her choice, gone to the local academy, joining year 11 to do GCSEs. She looked very happy and excited in her new uniform, which fitted her pretty well, and was thrown together in a week. All good fun. (Or not. If you follow…
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Treat day. (With bonus Shattered book launch.)
Today has been a treat day. I try to do this with the children in some kind of rotation, but it can be difficult to juggle. Today was Big’s turn. We got on a train to London. When we got there it was coffee time. Then we went to a bookshop. For this. This is…
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Read52 with Big by Tim Hopgood and My busy being bella day.
We’ve had a couple of lovely picture books sent for review in the last week or two, and we’ve very much enjoyed them. Big by Tim Hopgood arrived first. It’s the first story book that Tigerboy has responded to. He loves board books, particularly if they’ve got mirrors in them, but picture books have largely…
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Review roundup – teething bling, cuddleuppet and breastfeeding sports bra.
Some review products are products you think sound nice, you receive, play around with a bit, and then relegate to a pile in the corner that you’re slightly embarassed by, until you work out how to get rid of them. Others become a part of your day to day life. Maybe I’m getting better at…
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I'll give you something to cry about.
This morning I brought Smallest to the swimming pool for her weekly swimming lesson. It runs alongside a women’s only swimming session, populated mainly by women of a certain age. This leads to an interesting mix in the changing room, and this morning we just couldn’t seem to get out of the way of an…
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"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
No, not inconceivable. (Though go to the top of the class for recognising the Princess Bride quote. Bonus point if you know which character says it 😉 ) In this case, the word is Average. It gets bandied about lots. In discussion of children’s school achievement. Talking about pay scales. It is so often abused…
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We're here again – hospital adventure part two.
10.38. Today’s nurse didn’t seem to care whether we ended up sitting with a bunch of possibly infectious children til I pointed it out, so now we’re in a room at least. No cot, so again I’m pleased I brought the car seat in. We’re on the appt board today, name spelt wrong obviously, so…
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Crisis of confidence.
Tell me I’m doing it right? Tigerboy is feeding on demand. Sometimes it feels like he’s feeding round the clock. I do sometimes distract him – pop him in the wrap and go out for a walk for example, but mainly when he wants food he gets it. He made his birth weight back in…