It's been 3 years since we began our fight to get help with kiddo's sleep disorder. It actually got off to a pretty smooth start when at our first ever paediatrician appointment we were offered melatonin. This so called wonder drug by many was seen as the answer and at first we were in awe [...]
The Trouble With Invisible Illness.
This week I received some news I was expecting, yet still wasn't fully prepared for. The doctor told me I needed a referral to the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome clinic (often known as M.E. but I'll be calling it CFS) and that I had Fibromyalgia as well (fibro). She prescribed me some painkillers and off I [...]
A New Beginning.
So today is my last day being 34 years of age, and for so many reasons, I'm dreading tomorrow. It's not a fear of getting older, or the fact that my life is far from what I expected at this age. I couldn't put my finger on it at all but today I have realised [...]
How to make Christmas autism friendly.
As a child I absolutely adored the candlelit church service at Christmas. We would sing 9 carols and here 9 lessons or stories from the bible, surrounded by the beautiful glow of Christmas. Needless to say, nowadays we can't attend services like this (at the moment anyway). Kiddo's sensory needs and lack of safety awareness [...]
The new born “phase”.
I saw some cartoons recently that really made me laugh! It was 2.45am as I scrolled through these drawings of an exhausted mum, surrounded by chaos in her house, with shit on her sleeve, nappy bins over flowing and spending her date night with her partner conked out on the sofa. Ah those days of [...]
Why that birthday party invite is so important.
Recently I invited a little boy to kiddo's upcoming birthday party. I don't think I have ever seen a parent so happy that her child had received an invite, for him. Not as a tag along, not as a family invite, just for him. It made me wonder where it all goes wrong for our [...]
The fine line between love and neglect.
This is probably something that we all feel but no one talks about. So I'm going to write about it in the hope it makes one or two of you feel better. We all want to spend time with our children. Meaningful time, where we engage with them in an interest and really build that [...]
