Monthly Archive: November 2016

Body autonomy

As Elsa turns eight this week, I have become increasingly aware that she is growing up fast (stating the obvious I know but I’m a bit dim at times.)     I wanted to know …

Letter of response and progression

So despite the fact last week almost killed me with stress and fatigue, a couple of good things happened.   Firstly, I was kept up to date with meetings and progress by my new contact within the …

Blood Test at the QE2 Hospital

So to counter how upset many of you felt about the letter I published last week (still awaiting a reply from the lady it was forwarded on to – the Director of Children’s Services) I …

Writing to Santa

Weirdly, for the first year in a long time I have a good idea of some of the presents I want to buy…sorry, we’re going to ask Santa for…for Christmas. I mentioned a while ago …

A letter to Herts County Council (HCC)

Dear HCC,   Please excuse the ubiquitous letter however so many people and so many departments have factored into our time in Hertfordshire that I can’t particularly address it to one individual. That would be unfair …

School Transfer

So my apparently convoluted quest to find out what date Jude is transferring to his new school continues… To date, I have been consistently telephoning the council every week for around a month now and have …

Five things we’d like you to know

I spoke to a friend today and she had been upset following her friends negative reaction towards her son’s behaviour (he has autism) so I thought I’d compile a list of a few things we’d like you …

Autumn Soup Recipe

So I met this really lovely lady back in the summer at a blogger event and we hit it off straight away. There was me, very new to the world of blogging and here was …

Chores

So last weekend, this happened…                       Nice technique there Jude!   Yes, that is Mr. Giraffe in the swing – Jude often puts him in there …