children Archive

Wiggle toothbrush review by Emmeline

Before I hand over to the real reviewer, I just thought I’d give you a brief outline of what a Wiggle is. By way of background, we’ve had somewhat of a battle with regard to …

Finding education

I’m in various Facebook groups for children like Jude who have learning disabilities and a very common discussion theme emerges on an almost daily basis. Education. Which school is right, do you go mainstream or …

Laughing and happy

I don’t want you all to think I’m a completely miserable whinge bag who does nothing but complain about life so here are a few pictures of Jude this morning before school. Weirdly for this time of …

Baby names – what are your thoughts?

Baby names!   I love talking about names, how people choose them, what they mean, etc. so I thought we could have a little discussion on how you chose your children’s names. It’s such a …

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 …

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 …

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 …