Low Demand Morning: supporting children who struggling getting ready for school.

The transition from home to school can be difficult for some children. For those with neurodiversity it can be full of triggers that will create a barrier to getting ready for school or create a ‘fight or flight’ response which doesn’t give the best emotional or physical start to a school day. I started to…

5 ways parenthood has changed and inspired me.

I wanted to write about inspiration. I must have typed 10 or more titles and each one I deleted as it sounded too self righteous and too overdone by other writers. So, I decided to write about what I know. Parenting. When that little bundle of joy is placed into your arms, a whole new…

Maternal Mental Health: Anxiety and Becoming a Mum for the 2nd Time

Maternal Mental Health is an important issue. Don’t get me wrong, all mental health and well being is important but as a parent who has just undergone 9 months of hormones and growing a human and then the stress and pain of pushing said human out there is A LOT of emotions and thoughts to…

Keeping children safe: Should children keep secrets?

Today J asked me to keep something a secret. It was only something little and silly but I told him no. Not because I’m mean or want to gossip but because secrets can be dangerous. In today’s social media driven world, children have access to chat boards, messenger services, sharing photos and ability to cause…