Dee Dee and Boo – Review

The ever so lovely Helen at Dee Dee and Boo sent me the most beautiful hand drawn image for our girls and I just wanted to show you all because I think it would make …

Experiences

I’m going to go a bit deep and hippy on you all for a little bit as something has been on my mind for a couple of weeks and I’m going to do something about …

Hair Cut!

Today, I finally took Jude to the barbers for a well needed hair cut. He has incredibly thick hair which grows outwards if left uncontrolled and we had got to the point where he was …

Autism and change

My mum attempted a brave thing today. She called me up at lunchtime and said she wanted to move the furniture in Jude’s room around and put some posters on the wall; despite knowing Jude …

Jude’s diet

Jude loves to eat. He could quite easily eat from the second he wakes up to the moment he falls asleep.                   I regularly get asked about Jude’s …

First Words

So you all know I love Jude, right? Well, I have a pretty bad confession to make…I can’t remember what his first words were. Obviously mumma and dadda ranked pretty highly but apart from that, I don’t …

Cerebral Palsy

Having felt a bit lost with my blog recently and wondering if anyone actually read it, I was given an answer today through a lovely phone call from someone struggling with social care support for her disabled …

Autism Assessment

So in chasing up Jude’s autism assessment yesterday…yes the one I requested in November 2015…I have been told that I won’t hear from anyone until the new year of 2017. Honestly, I’m not joking. I …

Council meeting

I met up with two members of the council on Friday to discuss possible support for Jude because I’ve managed to get myself into a confused mess over what is and isn’t possible, how to …

School Transport

Children attending special needs schools often take council funded buses or taxis to school because they are generally not your local school distance away. Jude for example, currently attends a school which is about nine …