Life as a SEN mum

Is anyone else in shock that we are heading towards another half term holiday. It doesn’t seem two seconds since they went back after Easter. It’s that time where the anxiety kicks in again knowing we need to try to juggle everything and keep the kids entertained. Hopefully, if long term forecasts prove accurate (I…

Not really a post I ever thought I’d be doing, but this has recently been something I’ve really had to think about. Now I know we can’t avoid situations where our children would have to meet new people, but obviously the way we go about dealing with it can vary a lot depending on the…

Let’s face it, parties can be a difficult situation for lots of us to deal with. People we don’t know, lots of noise, if there’s a dress code that can throw another load of issues into the mix. This happened to us recently, so I thought I’d share some of the things that helped us…

It may not seem like the kids have been back at school long, but February half term is fast approaching, which means many of us are probably starting to plan things to keep them entertained, working out childcare arrangements etc. It can be a particularly tricky one, there’s not as much to do as over…

For those of you who may not know, SPD stands for Sensory Processing Disorder, it’s generally officially diagnosed but will be referred to within other diagnoses, particularly those with an ASD diagnosis. I could easily do a whole post on SPD, but given the weather at the minute I thought it was an apt time…

Does anyone else find themselves really struggling at this time of year? All the cold winter weather but without the festivities of Christmas it sort of feels like a month of being stuck in limbo. Coming off the back of Christmas it feels like I should be resting, but also given it’s a long month…

We’ve been asked a lot recently how the kids are getting on at school and in particular where we are with finding a SEN place for James. So here’s a little update. James His 1 to 1 has been guaranteed for the duration of his Primary education. Meaning he will see out the rest of…

This is something that we always seem to say at the start of each new year, and this year seems rather poignant, now only does the 1st January mark a new year and a new month, but it’s also the start of a brand new week. It really does seem the time to start afresh.…