The Girl at the End of the Road - Book Review
There's a new book about to be published, called The Girl at the End of the Road, by K A Hitchins. I'm going to admit that I...
Monday, 15 February 2016
Flora can help your child be #PoweredByPlants!
February 15, 2016
vegan
#PoweredByPlants is the new marketing hashtag for Flora . I'll admit to sighing inwardly myself at hashtags, being old enough to remembe...
Sunday, 7 February 2016
Pet loss, Depression and Mental health issues
February 07, 2016
stress
It's been a tough week, and it culminated yesterday in a day where I began to feel the beginnings of real depression. The family upset...
Monday, 1 February 2016
Disney inspires our Healthily Ever After moments with Frozen and Inside Out
February 01, 2016
sponsored
Disney has played a huge part in our life as a family ever since our eldest was born and she first grabbed Pooh Bear. So when we heard that...
Sunday, 31 January 2016
Real or fake names? Is internet safety clear-cut?
January 31, 2016
YouTube
Internet safety is a vast topic which, being a big user of the internet and social media, I have researched and pondered about on more than ...
Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Parents are Experts
January 27, 2016
Special Needs Jungle
There's a lot of good blog posts out there on what it's like to be a parent of a child with additional needs. A great post whic...
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
Is praise good for everyone?
January 20, 2016
Sweetherts
So today was the first Sweetherts dance class back in the New Year (to see how this went for us before Christmas, please read my previous po...
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Six years on; still talking about autism
January 14, 2016
social rules
Six years ago, after an initial speech therapy assessment, I took our youngest girl to be seen by a paediatrician. My first blog post was wr...
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Can autistic people be sociable?
January 12, 2016
sociable
It's a common myth that children with autism are not sociable. Autistic children can be keen to make and keep friends, but may struggle ...
Sunday, 3 January 2016
What does testing achieve?
January 03, 2016
times tables
Today, this post about new plans unveiled by education secretary Nicky Morgan has flashed up in my timeline; in short, she has decided we s...
