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Happy Mother's Day
When I am not shouting at my children, sitting on my bum eating sweets or idly picking fluff from my naval, I work nights at a hotel. -
So Long As They Were Happy
When I was pregnant with The Boy, I was often asked if I knew what I was having. To start with, I replied that I would be happy either way. I would then be told that "it wouldn't matter so long as they had ten finger… -
Just Once
Outwardly I am hapy and fluffy and all is well. On here I don't have to be, so I'll admit I'm not handling the reality of two disabled children very well. Probably hasn't been the most favourable time to run out o… -
Who'd Tickle You?
Something I have always promised myself that I will deliver to The Boy and Lid is complete honesty. At time, this has been challenging. There have been what we will write off as fibs, where fingers are crossed behind… -
Accepting the Diagnosis
Himself and I are talking in the kitchen. It has been an emotional few days; I have had a number of lumps removed following a cancer scare and am in a fair bit of denial, Lid has just had her provisional autism diagno… -
Playing Hangman
Nanna and The Boy are playing Hangman. It is a "new" game for The Boy, one that we have been practising for a while to improve his interest in spelling (which he is extremely gifted at but refuses to do), in much the… -
Things That Make Me Smile
Being presented with a packet of cheese and onion crisps for my consumption at 5am Saturday morning, despite there not being any crisps of that flavour in the house, then being told by Lid to "eat it Mummy. In your mou… -
Trying to Build Bridges
Today, in an effort to build bridges with The Boy (whom I have spent the last few months arguing with more and more), it was decreed that we would have some Mummy and The Boy time. -
Won't You Please Come Home Mrs Bear?
When The Boy was a month or so old, I bought him a bear. We were walking around Adams, me with £2.20 in my pocket, he asleep. We passed a basket full of sale items, and on top was a pink, flat bear. She was the… -
Mrs Bear's Triumphant Return
Some of you will be aware that The Boy's long standing companion, Mrs Bear, went missing in January of this year. I wrote a post on the blog, and asked someone on Twitter to RT it. What followed, frankly, blew me awa…

