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Is there a King bee?
This is a subject I never thought I would have to write about, but it’s become a big part of our lives, in fact it has taken over our lives. We moved into our forever home 19 months ago — a charming, slightly quirky cottage full of character. It suits us perfectly. The two girls sleep upstairs, while my husband, my son, and I sleep downstairs. The layout actually works really well for us. The…
#Bee Infestation#Curious Minds#Home Challenges#Neurodivergent Child#Parenting Stories#PDA parenting#Sensory Awareness
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Can you get square eyes?
My son had recently become obsessed with a game on Roblox called Grow your Garden. He loved it. And my husband, who also had an account on Roblox (for the kids I might add!!), also enjoyed playing it with the kids. Every morning my son would sit with my husband and play on this game. This was absolutely great for me, it allowed me to have a shower without the pressure of my son shouting me. He…
#autism and language#can you get square eyes#idioms and children#Literal Thinking#Making sense of the world#Reassurance loops#Roblox moments
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Is my son psychic?
This is something that’s been on my mind lately. Not exactly bothering me, but niggling away in the background. I’m not even sure I believe in people being psychic, but like with most things, I try to stay open — especially when the evidence starts piling up. Over time, little things have happened with my son that feel completely unbelievable. At first, it was one weird moment, then another, and…
#autistic perception#coincidence or intuition#Is my child psychic#psychic kids stories#sensory sensitivity
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How many blood vessels are in your body?
We were travelling to the swimming baths in the school holidays, all 5 of us. This was somewhat of a miracle. Lately a day out with all of us had seemed out of reach and what usually happened was I stayed with my son and my husband went out with the girls. This was disappointing for us but we did it because at that point in time it was the best thing for us. On this particular day it had been…
#Autistic joy#Blood Vessel fact#Family Outings#Neurodivergent Thinking#Sensory Processing#Unseen Struggles
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Can you practice singing Happy Birthday to me?
We were getting to my son’s birthday. The countdown was well and truly on. He was counting down to his birthday and also counting down to his birthday month. He had a birthday list of presents as long as his arm. He kept asking about it, over and over again. “How many days until my birthday?”“How many days until my birthday month?”“Is my birthday on a special day?”“Is my birthday the next…
#Autism Parenting#birthday anxiety#Emotional Regulation#neurodivergent kids#Parenting wins#Sensory Processing
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Why?
This is a question I have asked myself over and over again. Throughout this journey, I’ve dealt with a selection of professionals, and I’ve been completely shocked by the incompetence — and in some cases, the outright lies — I’ve encountered. This isn’t me being unfair. I truly believe I’m a fair, level-headed person. I try to look objectively at every situation. I’ve even learned to remove…
#Education Welfare Officer#Emotional Toll#Inaccurate minutes#Parental Advocacy#School Avoidance#Systemic Failures#Why I speak Up
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Does Tea Keep You Alive? A Birthday Reflection
I used to love birthdays but life has shifted in ways I never imagined, and special occasions often bring more emotional weight now than joy. They remind me of the gap between how things are and how I once thought they’d be. They bring reflection, comparison, sometimes grief — not because life is bad, but because it’s complex. So this year, instead of trying to force joy or ignore the hard…
#Birthday Reflection#Caregiver Burnout#Emotional resilience#Honest Motherhood#Self-Compassion#Sensory Needs#Special Needs Parenting
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Why do you have your eye on me?
Understanding Eye Contact Struggles in Children If you had read “Have I got one eye or two eyes?” you would know that eyes have been a talking point for my son. You would also know that he doesn’t like being looked at and I take this to mean he struggles with eye contact, but this wasn’t obvious to me at first. It was only when I was sat with the SENCO who shall not be named (I still think about…
#Communication Struggles#Eye Contact#Literal Language#Neurodivergent Child#Parenting Challenges#Sensory struggles
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Can I have a lolly?
The Challenges of Raising a Supertaster Child My son is a supertaster, he tastes every little ingredient in everything which is so overwhelming for him. This is why he sticks to plain, familiar things. We have a number of foods he eats and one of them is a spiral lolly from Aldi. He is (or was) currently having around 2-3 of these lollies a day. He absolutely loved them. Watching him eat one of…
#Aldi Lollies#Autism and Food#Fussy Eater Stories#Neurodivergent parenting#Parenting with Humour#sensory sensitivities#Supertaster
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Can I go back to school after dinner?
We started a reduced timetable at school w/c 17th March (so 4 weeks ago). The plan was for my son to do half days at school where I picked him up at 12. I wasn’t sure whether this would help or not but of course I was willing to give it a try. So on the 17th March I woke up and as per usual I felt sick. I could have quite easily gone to the toilet, stuck my fingers down my throat and threw my…
#autistic burnout#flexible schooling#Mental Health in Children#Neurodivergent children#PDA parenting#school refusal support
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If you could have any superpower what would you have?
This is every child’s wish, isn’t it? To be a superhero and have a superpower. Even adults sometimes wonder what superpower would be best. The list is endless, but the most popular ones tend to be flying, invisibility, super strength, speed, or mind reading. But not my son. His answer was as unique as he is. It was something very specific. When he asked me this question, we had just had one of…
#Childhood Imagination#Funny Parenting MomentsAutism Awareness#Parenting reflections#Superpower Wishes#Time Obsession#Unique Perspectives
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Is God real?
Over the last couple of weeks the questions have been back. We have had some great questions and it didn’t surprise me when my son asked me the biggest question he had ever asked me, a question which is one of the most frequently asked philosophical and religious questions in history. It is googled more than 200 times per second apparently, amounting to 17 million inquiries every day so it is no…
#Big Questions from Kids#Faith and Parenting#Is God Real?#Neurodivergent Thinking#Parenting Through Uncertainty#Raising a Deep Thinker#School Anxiety and Attendance
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What is the rarest crystal? A question from the rarest boy I know.
Several weeks ago my son requested a day out. I could have cried. Honestly. Something as simple as asking to go somewhere just does not happen with my son, he much prefers to just be in the house which I understand and accept but I do find that hard. Sometimes I feel like a prisoner in my own home because I like to be out and about but I’m learning to live with it. So when he made a request to go…
#Celebrating Differences#Crystals#Neurodiversity Week#Parenting a Neurodivergent Child#Rare Crystals#Special Interests in Autism#Unconvential Learning
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Is being a parent hard?
We were in our living room and I was on the countdown to bedtime. It had been a good day, although my son had been a bundle of energy all day, flitting from one thing to another and I was tired…..it was a good tired. These days are long but I would take them over the agitated and unsettled days any day of the week. About ten minutes before bedtime my son stood up and asked if we could play a…
#Autism & ADHD#Emotional resilience#Neurodivergent parenting#Parenting Challenges#Parenting wins#School Struggles#Sensory Needs
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Who is the cleverest person in the world?
A brilliant question from my son. And one that happened while we were driving. We have our best questions and conversations while driving. Driving makes me feel happy, I love driving with the music on and I think my son is the same. My son now has his own playlist that comes on and the songs he has on his playlist are the songs that I like too – this makes me so proud. So, when we drive, we now…
#Cleverness#Different Types of Intelligence#Driving Conversations#Neurodivergent Thinking#Parenting Moments#Questions Kids Ask#School vs Real Life
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The Questions of My Child: Understanding Communication Challenges
We know my son asks a lot of questions – so much so I have written a whole blog about this. His favourite type of conversation isn’t a typical back-and-forth exchange but more of an interview—he asks, and the other person answers. He much prefers one-on-one conversations, and when more people are in the room, he seems to struggle, often trying to monopolise the discussion. But recently, I’ve…
#ADHD & Autism#Advocacy and Support#Language Development#Neurodivergent Communication#Parenting Challenges#School Avoidance#Sensory Seeking
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Coping with Stress in School Meetings: A Parent's Perspective
I knew this was coming, but this letter arrived this week. Letter from Education Welfare Officer This had been rumbling on for some time. That fateful phone call from the EWO (Am I Managing Stress and Anxiety, or Just Surviving?) had prompted me to write an email to her and the school, detailing everything I had done over the last two years and requesting that all communication be in writing.…
#Educational Support#EWO#Gaslighting in Parents#Neurodivergent parenting#Parenting Struggles#School Attendance#School Meetings
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