We did it!!!!
That’s right folks, we finally got a diagnosis of autism for Rufus. We have been fully aware of his neuro-divergent status since he was very young but our first attempt to get a diagnosis was back in 2019. At that […]
I’m impotent and I hate it
I am a problem solver. I see a problem and I work to fix it. I don’t mind failure because without failure we can’t learn and use that knowledge to improve, but at the end of the process I like […]
To swear or not to swear
Today I was told off. It was fairly gently sugested to me that I should not wear clothes with swear words on them when I’m doing the school run. I haven’t been told off by a teacher in quite some […]
Can I be more?
As a stay at home mum I am often considered by the wider society to be a glorified nanny. On forms I even have to tick the unemployed box or homemaker box. Neither of these boxes even begin to encapsulate […]
Our Decision
When I started writing this blog I did it with the intention of being completely transparent and honest about my life. I didn’t want to hide behind a veneer of perfect imperfections – I wanted to tell the whole truth, […]
My Spectrum Kid
For a little while now we have been coming to the realisation that there may be more to Rufus’s personality, that there may in fact be an underlying explanation for his idiosyncrasies. Rufus is kind, intelligent, brave and all around […]
Accepting the things we cannot change
So we’ve made it. We’ve made it to the end of week two of the Summer holidays. The kids have had swimming lessons, we’ve been to the park, gone riding on our bikes, had a new boiler installed (on the […]
The choice I made
I have been a stay at home mum for six years now. In that time I have become a mum to three yummy (at least I think so) kids and have inevitably centred my life around them. I spend almost […]
I miss my boy
Rufus is less than a month from turning 6 and in the last few months he has most definitely turned from being my baby boy into a fully fledged little boy. He’s gone from being cuddly and snuggly to wanting […]
Learning about my son
Just over six weeks ago Rufus started Year 1. Reception had been a bit hit and miss with him. Some things he had loved, learning to write, starting to read and his wonderful teachers, Miss Groves and Miss Prosper. However […]