Partnership
According to Ann Gold Buscho PhD, writing for Psychology Today, the divorce rate is extremely high amongst special needs parents. 87% of marriages breakdown under the extreme stress of caring for a disabled child. The statistic is only marginally lower for parents of autistic children at 80%. Given the odds, a solid partnership is especially […]
Comfort Items
I’m not the world’s best or most experienced parent by a country mile, but I know a thing or two about the premature removal or termination of comfort items, so I hope you can learn something from our experiences! The key lesson to be learned here, can be summed up quite succinctly: Don’t remove any comfort […]
Pain
When our bubs are babies, there’s nothing more distressing than not knowing why they are crying. Being a new mom is so overwhelming for so many different reasons, but when our little ones starting picking up colds, flus, and viruses, our anxiety, sleeplessness, and feeling of helplessness kick into overdrive. Thankfully, by age one or […]
A Leap of Faith
If you’re the parent of a newly diagnosed kiddo, you’ll recognise and relate to the incredible stress you feel when it comes time to choose early intervention therapies for them. It feels like a fearsome responsibility to do all the research and choose wisely on their behalf, knowing, that the wrong decision could negatively impact […]
Hand Leading
One of the cutest things Aidan does is come get you to take you somewhere. That is, provided you’re not in the middle of something like cooking, cleaning, or using the bathroom! But I try to see it as his way of nagging mom to do something, get something, or facilitate something for him – […]
Hangry
Aidan is one hundred percent a carbon copy and paste of my husband, Monty. Worst group project, ever y’all! Thankfully, they’re both super cute, so I’ve made my peace with it! But they have more in common than just their good looks… they both get moody as all hell when they’re hungry. With Monty, I suspect it’s […]
Over Sensitive
I’m not sure if any other special needs parents would call themselves over sensitive, but I definitely would. I think my neurodivergence makes me hyperaware of, and affected by, the words and actions of others. I have made a habit of reading people closely, in order to anticipate their motives, movements, and moods. I think […]
Sweet Dreams
One of my most favourite things ever, is cuddling Aidan to sleep. It’s our special time together as mother and son. Since he was a baby, it’s been my most cherished part of everyday. I think it’s because he’s always moving – crawling, pulling himself up, tip toe walking, running, climbing, hand leading, rushing, playing, […]
Happy Mother’s Day!
Mother’s Day is a beautiful opportunity to celebrate all the loving moms who give so much of themselves to their families everyday! Around the world, flowers are being bought, cards are being made, and kids are getting up early to make their moms breakfast in bed! It’s a day that brings joy to lots of […]
The Bumbo Chair
I think one of my most exciting milestones was when Aidan weaned from milk formula to solids. We were so keen to begin making homemade purées, that I went out and got a recipe book of them! I flipped through it for hours, popping post-its on all my favourite sweet and savoury recipes. We didn’t […]