Beware the Bullshit

When you become a special needs parent, many things don’t make sense to you until you begin to realise what your unique trajectory is. Your baby isn’t having expected responses to certain things, or isn’t feeding happily, or sleeping well. And as time passes, you begin to pick up that they’re not hitting milestones as […]

Throw Out the Baby Book

I almost named my website, “That’s Not What I Ordered”, because that’s what ran through my mind when I became a new mom! Just a giggle really, but true nonetheless. A close friend of mine had had a super low-maintenance baby girl, who was sleeping fully through the night by her fourth week, three weeks […]

Not Special

I don’t believe autism is a gift or a curse. It just… is what it is.  I believe it’s genetic and not as random as some might suppose. But I also believe that despite that, it’s still a roll of the dice at the time of conception. Many families are made up of both neurotypical […]