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22ndFebruary201621st April 2017
63

A Small Thing

Biggest's shoes on the floor - an actual picture of the first time he took them off on his own.

It’s a small thing. So small. We had just returned from the shops and you were bundled up warm in your winter coat. I helped you take it off and off you skipped, into the living room. I continued to unpack the shopping and it was a few minutes before I followed you. And there… Read More

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17thFebruary201626th June 2017
17

Croome National Trust

Our family outing this half-term was to Croome National Trust site, made up of Croome Court, the lakeside park and gardens, and the once-secret RAF Defford. We picked a beautifully bright but bitterly cold morning to visit; this made for spectacular scenery, resplendent skies and gorgeous photos – but very cold fingers and toes. The three… Read More

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15thFebruary201630th June 2017
25

Half-term

Half-term Revel in the sudden silence of peach-pink skies. Swim, hazy-eyed, through the vibrant globes of water-coloured evenings. Curl around the fluent curve of shoulder-blades, And drift in the warm, buzzing hollow of lavish sleep.   Wine-soaked nights brim with the clinking of expectant glasses. The glowing piano spills out its sound in pools of… Read More

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11thFebruary201620th June 2017
36

The Childcare Hustle

Frantically cleaning snotty eyes with baby wipes in the nursery car park. A dose of Calpol to reduce a slight temperature before you send them for the day. That little white lie that transforms a 36-hour vomit-free period, into 48. It’s the childcare hustle and, chances are, if you are a working parent to preschool… Read More

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8thFebruary201610th May 2017
142

An apology to my autistic students…

Blurred School for An apology to my autistic students

I am sorry. I am a good human being – a good teacher, I think. I listen, I learn, I strive to be better. I know it is a great responsibility to shape young minds, young opinions. I thought I knew what it means to teach a pupil with autism. But experience has given me something… Read More

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3rdFebruary20167th July 2017
6

A Beginner’s Guide to Stop-Motion Animation

This is an example of a fun task that you can do with slightly older children which is much easier to do than you might expect. I am by no means an expert myself, so this post should enable anyone to get started. There’s huge range and scope in the kind of thing you can… Read More

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1stFebruary201630th June 2017
35

Just Us Two

For some time now, I have been painfully aware of how rarely either one of my children gets my undivided attention. My daughter is a second child and her brother has recently been diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum. She has not had the wholehearted newborn adoration her brother received. She has never been the… Read More

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29thJanuary201620th June 2017
37

Teacher vs. Mum: Who Whines More?

I was recently invited to take part in two separate days of no complaints and positivity with Cuddle Fairy. You can read about her day, and posts from the other lovely people who took part here. These days fell at particularly interesting times for me; they corresponded with the two things that take up all of my… Read More

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25thJanuary201620th November 2019
55

To my Son – Your stimming is beautiful.

To my son - Your stimming is beautiful. A small boy flapping excitedly

I hear your voice from the other room: “Hello H. I am running about in the kitchen! I was running about and then you came!” It is the longest utterance you have addressed to your sister. In fact, I can’t ever remember you speaking directly to her in this way before. My heart swells. I… Read More

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23rdJanuary201617th February 2017
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My Top 4 ‘Hot Cuppa’ Children’s Shows

We have all likely heard of the recently publicised recommendation that children under three should have no screen time. Even the over threes, it is argued, should be very restricted when it comes to time watching television and using phones, tablets and other technology. Anyone who is the mother of a three year-old knows that this… Read More

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21stJanuary201615th June 2017
33

Why you shouldn’t refuse this test during pregnancy

I was 20 weeks pregnant with my son, and feeling fairly happy about pregnancy. I’d had the usual spate of morning sickness between 6-14 weeks but was putting that behind me. My baby boy seemed happy and healthy and was measuring perfectly at my 20 week scan. I was feeling fortunate and amazed at the… Read More

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19thJanuary201623rd May 2017
12

Being Someone’s Mum

I am someone’s wife. I am someone’s teacher. I am someone’s mum. I wasn’t always any of these things and yet they have come to define me. Each role brings huge responsibility and infinite pride – hard work and reward in equal measure. They are all relationships that require me to give a lot of… Read More

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I am Danielle and I am an ex-English teacher living on the border between Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. I have two children, a boy, aged seven, who is on the autistic spectrum, and a daughter, aged five… read more

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