This is a revised post from my other blog which I wrote for a Special Saturday theme about toileting. We started training Star when she was two years old, which I guess is about average in our part of the world. We tried a potty but she wouldn’t sit on it, we tried a toddler toilet seat but she…
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Stars Knees
Star has had problems with her knees for as long as I can remember. Even as a baby the only way we could calm her sometimes was by massaging her legs, or moving them in a bicycle motion. We thought it was to ease colic, no I think maybe it was leg pain all along….
The Invisible Disability
When I started this blog I wasn’t sure which direction to take it. I have a few other blogs, one about my baby, one about my cakes and another more personal one about my depression. Now this blog is becoming established and I’ve decided to use it to take over from my baby blog. One…
Guest Post for Wriggly Rascals – Is Something Wrong?
I was asked to write a post for Wriggly Rascals, a fabulous advice website. Moira is typical of many mum’s who think there may be something wrong with their child’s development but don’t know whether they should do something about it. I’ve been in this position myself, twice now, I reacted differently each time so…
Would I Change My Children?
I wrote a post on another blog about a tv program I had watched about autism. It was in the Extreme Love series with Louis Theroux. One of the questions that I was faced with after watching the program was would I wish my children to be different. My eldest son has Aspergers Syndrome, he…
