Harry’s Young Aviators & new dining experience
Its so hard to know what to buy for Harry when it comes to birthdays and I recently blogged about tips for other people who might not know what to buy for the child who literally wants nothing because I know what a challenge it is. So when I saw a post in a group I am...
Key milestones and loss in an altered life
From when our babies are first born we are watching and assessing them, even on a subconscious level. We are waiting for them to hit their key milestones – crawling, walking, being free of the nappy. Once their little red book with the percentile scale that I hated...
7 ways of supporting parents with SEND children in the school holidays.
School holidays for parents can be a challenge at the best of times. Finding the places, time, money and energy to entertain the children is always a test of the patience and bank balance but when your child has additional needs, this is even harder. Although Harry...
Tattoo or not tattoo ~ that is the question!
Ok, so before I launch into this blog you should know that my decision on the tattoo front has nothing to do with the fact that I turn 39 and 12 months in November and am having some sort of crisis ( I'm even struggling to use the numbers 0 and 4 in the correct...
19 tips when you visit Rome with a teenager! (or anyone else)
My Son Oliver has always loved History and after watching a programme about the Colosseum and later the film Gladiator (skipping the inappropriate parts) he told me that he would love to visit Rome one day. This passing statement went into my mental vault along with...
Celebrating 70 NHS heroes!
One of the many things that I am sure I'm not the only person to take for granted living in Britain is our National Health Service. Its only when I see posts about the cost of health care abroad that I remind myself just how lucky we are to have the incredible staff,...
When your child’s birthday is a tough day
Ive spoken before about how I didn't really cope very well with the news that one of my premature twin boys had been born with one half of his face developed (nothing to do with his prematurity). I was stunned beyond words and to say that that day changed me forever...
13 wishes for my boys as they become teenagers
In some ways it seems like yesterday that my baby boys came into this world and I can’t believe that they are 13 already. In other ways, it feels like a lifetime ago as that day changed me so much and I am such a different person now to the mother I became back then....
What to buy for the child who wants nothing? 4 ideas!
We are used to hearing the phrase ‘what do you buy for the man/woman who has everything?’ but I have a slightly different but equally challenging dilemma; ‘what to buy for the child who wants nothing?’ When my twin boys were young it was so easy to get carried away in...
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