It’s a difficult time when your child starts to learn about their own emotions, for everyone involved, exhausting for parents to keep calm and help guide their child and so confusing for the child. Happy, sad, angry, excited, we start… Read more ›
When you have a baby, nights can be tough. Baby wakes lots and you don’t go into that full deep sleep because you’ve got half an ear out for baby stirring for milk. After a few months everybody gets into… Read more ›
Willow has hit a new milestone! In the last week she’s started smiling when she sees me, when I sing her a song, when I say funny things. We arrived at Center Parcs yesterday, after a great journey in the… Read more ›
Coincidence. That’s what we thought it was when she lifted her arms for both the hello and the goodbye song during her second Music With Mummy class with the fantastic Ann-Marie. I mentioned it to her physio, who waved goodbye… Read more ›
Phenobarbital (phenobarb) is a seizure control drug. As the name suggests it’s a barbiturate, given to babies because it’s an old tried and tested drug, the side effects are all known thanks to it’s 50+ years in use. W was… Read more ›
This time last year I was probably having a moan about being heavily pregnant in the heat and waddling around after an almost 2 year old. We knew there were tough times ahead with a toddler and a newborn, no… Read more ›
We came, we saw, we learnt, we had fun. As we said when we brought Chops to WOMAD aged 11 months, it’s too young to be part of anything but the experience is great for them. Something I hadn’t really… Read more ›
Brave? Think so. In fact, I feel incredibly proud of us as we drive along the M4 towards Malmesbury, home of WOMAD. W isn’t best pleased and she’s almost certainly a bit hungry because she has less milk before getting… Read more ›
Since Willow got her Jenx Bee chair a fortnight ago, I’ve been battling with a feeling I can only compare to guilt, though not guilt. I want W to have the best chance possible at independence, I want to raise… Read more ›
We decided to bring Willow to the Brainwave Centre, their tagline is unlocking children’s potential, we know our baby girl has potential and we’re not prepared to sit back and see what happens, ‘time will tell’ can bugger off. We’re… Read more ›