J and the bad day…

Today was rough. Today J’s more challenging autistic traits took over! I am usually very positive in everything I write. But today was hard and I gave in to the more difficult side of J’s Autism. We went to gymnastics as we do every week. J loves it as he’s free to run, climb and…

Encouraging Independence in Toddlers and Preschoolers…

Sometimes being an early years professional rubs off on how I parent J. Other times the ‘teacher’ in me shakes her head at the things I do and say! However something I’ve continued from my work is believing that independence is something that should be encouraged in toddlers/preschoolers. These need to be appropriate for young…

Surviving The Christmas Fayre 🎄

Today we went to see Grandma and have a look around the Christmas Fayre. I always love this day as it’s the start of the Christmassy feelings. The music, colours, lights and food are enough to get me feeling like a little girl again.  It’s a BIG fayre and takes over pretty much the whole…

Baking with kids vs baking, with kids!

There’s two ways to read this posts title. ‘Baking with kids’ yey, what a fun family day we’ll spend together. Then, there’s ‘baking, with kids’. The comma gives it that little bit of dread. As if ‘the kids’ comes loaded with potential threats. Now, I love seeing the cute posts about children baking with their…

World Kindness Day: a big thank you & a chance to get involved.

Today is World Kindness Day. It amazes me how it seems like every day is ‘world something day’ or ‘save the world sunday’. Most of them I don’t really pay attention to unless they somehow affect me or my family. However World Kindness Day is a great one to celebration. Earlier this year I did…

The 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month…how we remember.

Remembrance Day is an important day of the year. It is a time to reflect on those people who risk their lives for the safety and freedom of others. This can be armed forces, police, the health professionals on front line and many, many more.  My family was an RAF family. I was born on…

Family: Planning for Cold Weather.

I am a bit of an ‘over planner’. I write lists and I think of every possible scenario. When I watch disaster films I often think ‘what would our plan be?’. For this reason I always have an emergency box ready. As the cold weather is coming there’s the risk of what could happen such…

Tips for surviving fireworks with a child with Autism…

When my eldest, J, was younger he was having nothing to do with the whole fireworks celebrations. We had to leave his first display after a few minutes as J was really struggling. Back then we didn’t know J was Autistic (although I had an inkling) so I just thought he didn’t like it in…