Turning 9
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This Man of Ours
This man holds his little girl while she goes to sleep in his arms every single night, sometimes with tears from her, sometimes not, sometimes with tears from him. He then waits the half an hour it takes for her to go into a deep sleep and carries her upstairs into her little bed next to ours. Read more ›
From Baby to Child
Every child goes through that stage where they are still a baby yet not quite. Somewhere between three and four years old you realise one day that your baby is no longer a baby. They’re something else, a little sapling,… Read more ›
The Honest Selfie, an honest smile
I love a family selfie, capturing a moment in time when we’re all together. Most of my profile pictures on social media are selfies of me with our children. It’s funny to look bacl on profile pictures, it seems my… Read more ›
Growing Up at Five
Little things make me realise how much my little boy is growing up. Last night we came to bed together, he was messing about and I was being grumpy because I felt awful, I have a stinking head cold, runny… Read more ›
Cerebral Palsy Awareness
To celebrate Cerebral Palsy Awareness day I thought I would blog a day in our life, I’ll update this post through the day as I get chance. Today is my easiest day if all goes to plan as Willow goes… Read more ›
Respite
We’ve just come home from our second respite weekend as a family to the Children’s Hospice, Shooting Star Chase at Christopher’s. The deal is, Willow has her own room downstairs and we have family accommodation upstairs. The team look after… Read more ›
In response to What I Would Tell You
I’m lying in bed with tears streaming. My beautiful, precious Willow is snoring in her sleepform mattress in her sidecar cot next to me, to a backing track of her feeding pump getting bonus milk into her as she sleeps,… Read more ›
Night Parenting a Severely Disabled Child
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 Waves
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 ›