Recently, I shared a post I wrote last year on ASD Acceptance, which prompted a few conversations with various friends. On foot of those, I figured I could do with giving a wee update. The past year has been a revelation in so many ways. We now have #2 and #5 with a diagnosis of
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Our youngest, “complex needs”, ex-micro-preemie daughter started her third year of primary school last week. On the second day back, there was a curriculum talk for the parents, going through all the different bits and pieces they’d be covering this coming academic year. I listened as the teachers went through all the different elements of
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So, yesterday evening, #5 was sitting on my lap and chatting away about her day. (In school, she “didn’t get on well with the colour green” in the morning, because she had had a dream about a green snake chasing her, but by the afternoon she “got on okay with green again”, after a few
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So, the last few months have been a bit crazy for us… Between car issues (best not ask), technical issues (apparently when your laptop is hanging on by one hinge for several months, it’s a good idea to get it fixed sooner rather than later, as opposed to whacking a lump of Blu Tack on and
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About a month ago, our almost-8-year-old’s hair started falling out. Initially just a little bit more than usual coming out when brushing her hair in the morning, but soon it was more than just a little bit. Much more. Soon, things were starting to thin out all over, and very definite bald patches were beginning
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So, yesterday was the first day of Autism Acceptance Week. I wasn’t going to post anything on Facebook (except for maybe a meme or two) until something happened yesterday which has prompted me to do otherwise. So, buckle up, it’s a long one today… You may or may not know, but two of our five
Read More315(Originally posted on TCC in January 2019…) Naomi has had a feeding tube since she was 13 months old. Reactions have been mixed… Some people are too afraid to ask questions but are itching to know more, and some people have meant well but come across as rude and unhelpful. When it comes
A.K.A. What we learned on holiday! Not long ago we returned from our first family holiday; 4 nights in Hafan y Mor holiday park followed by a couple of nights visiting my saintly mother in law in Dublin. It was certainly an experience! Mostly good, thank God, but there were a few hairy moments thrown
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(Originally posted on TCC in July 2018…) So, it’s summer time. The girls have been off school for two weeks now (45 days to go, not that I’m counting or anything…) so we’ve already had two weeks of fun, frolics and…. f….ighting. Okay, they haven’t been that bad! We’ve been in the middle of
(Originally posted on TCC in June 2018…) Yesterday morning turned out to be a bit of a washout around here, which meant that we had to load up the whole posse and head to evening Mass up in Belfast. We had a lovely visit with the grandparents beforehand and stopped off in Boojum for something
