Neurodivergent parenting
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How Do You Parent a Child Who Notices Everything?
How much notice of things do you actually take? My son notices everything—and I mean everything. Whether it’s a small change in his surroundings or something new about a person, his attention to detail never misses a beat. He can walk into a room and immediately know if I’ve moved something; it’s almost as though Continue reading
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Christmas and The Many Many Questions of My Child!
Yes, it’s that most wonderful time of the year isn’t it!? And I absolutely love Christmas, or I certainly did. It used to give me a warm fuzzy feeling every year and more often than not I couldn’t sleep on Christmas Eve for excitement. I was Mrs Christmas – trees up early, presents sorted and Continue reading
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How Can I Support My Child Across Two Homes?
Throughout this blog, I’ve avoided touching on a particular subject….probably because I didn’t want it to cloud anyone’s judgment about my thoughts on my son. But now feels like the right time to discuss it, for two key reasons. First, because it’s a serious concern in my eyes, and second, because I honestly don’t know Continue reading
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Why do I have to go to bed first?
The one thing that I have gotten right for my son is his bedtime. Occasionally we may have a little blip where he wont pick a book or takes a while to brush his teeth but on the whole our bedtime routine is great. We read two books, I sit with him for 5 minutes Continue reading
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Happy New Year – Are we in 2023 or 2024?
Well….Happy New Year! The start of a new year, a fresh start, the beginning of time isn’t it. It’s a time for reflection, to look back on over the last year and a time for plan making, thinking about what you want to achieve in the coming year. For us though it was a minefield Continue reading
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Maths and The Many Many Questions of My Child!
What is 50 add 15? This question is just one example of the questions we are currently in a phase of. I say phase but I’m not sure it will ever end, if anything the questions are getting more intense and more prevalent. For around 3 months every single day we get questions like: Is Continue reading
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Who do you think is moving my legs?
As I’m sure you are aware by now my son thinks differently to me. The way in which he thinks is absolutely fascinating!! For a 5 year old his grasp on things is second to none and he is so in tune with his body that it does cause him problems. He feels things to Continue reading
The Questions of My Child 