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Post Natal Depression & Anxiety with Twins: My Story (Part 2)

When I wrote my story of my journey with post natal depression and anxiety in 2012, little did I know that a year and a half later I would spectacularly fall apart… My story continues…   The post Post...

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Finding the Right Path For Your Child

Suddenly it all made so much sense. The last piece of the jigsaw slotted into place to complete the picture. Never doubt yourself as a mother! We know our children! When autism was first queried as a...

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When Something Is Not Right

  2014 ended with a lot of questions. Some years just end like that. Most of the questions surround our twin boy, Ooffa. Although we’d made some steps forward with speech therapy he will still need...

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Cardboard Playhouse Messy Play

For two days we had been working on our cardboard playhouse. Lots of painting inside and out. Having so much fun! On that fateful afternoon we had packed away all the paints, brushes and rollers....

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Tonsils out! A Possible Sleep Solution

I am writing this from Ooffa’s bedside, 2 hours after he had his tonsils and adenoids removed plus grommets (also known as ear tubes) were inserted into his ears to release a build up of fluid in his...

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Hold On…Then Let Go

My world has been rocked. Sent spinning off into a vastness that has no familiarity. I feel so much sadness. So much Mummy guilt. How could I not have known? How could I not see it? But I need to let...

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Become The Mother You Want To Be!

Over whelmed. Tired. So tired. Exhausted. Struggling. Many times last year I could describe myself with these words. Many times I would think I can’t be all I can be. I would look around my home and...

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Losing My Direction

Somewhere between changing a million nappies and chasing down 3 toddlers I lost it. My direction I mean. I did ‘lose it’ too, but that is another tale to tell. I kind of knew I had lost direction...

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Slowing Down

Hey there! We’re back. I am currently surrounded by a mountain of washing to do, washing to be put away, bags to be unpacked, a to-do list as long as your arm (and growing), plus all the normal...

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Overwhelm Brainstorm

I have decided I would rather do a few things well and have clear goals than try to do a hundred things at once, have no direction, be stressed out, exhausted, and lacking in passion for what I am...

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Hold On…Then Let Go

My world has been rocked. Sent spinning off into a vastness that has no familiarity. I feel so much sadness. So much Mummy guilt. How could I not have known? How could I not see it? But I need to let...

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Become The Mother You Want To Be!

Over whelmed. Tired. So tired. Exhausted. Struggling. Many times last year I could describe myself with these words. Many times I would think I can’t be all I can be. I would look around my home and...

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Losing My Direction

Somewhere between changing a million nappies and chasing down 3 toddlers I lost it. My direction I mean. I did ‘lose it’ too, but that is another tale to tell. I kind of knew I had lost direction...

View Article


Slowing Down

Hey there! We’re back. I am currently surrounded by a mountain of washing to do, washing to be put away, bags to be unpacked, a to-do list as long as your arm (and growing), plus all the normal...

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Overwhelm Brainstorm

I have decided I would rather do a few things well and have clear goals than try to do a hundred things at once, have no direction, be stressed out, exhausted, and lacking in passion for what I am...

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Post Natal Depression & Anxiety with Twins: My Story (Part 2)

When I wrote my story of my journey with post natal depression and anxiety in 2012, little did I know that a year and a half later I would spectacularly fall apart… My story continues…   The post Post...

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Finding the Right Path For Your Child

Suddenly it all made so much sense. The last piece of the jigsaw slotted into place to complete the picture. Never doubt yourself as a mother! We know our children! When autism was first queried as a...

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When Something Is Not Right

  2014 ended with a lot of questions. Some years just end like that. Most of the questions surround our twin boy, Ooffa. Although we’d made some steps forward with speech therapy he will still need...

View Article

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Cardboard Playhouse Messy Play

For two days we had been working on our cardboard playhouse. Lots of painting inside and out. Having so much fun! On that fateful afternoon we had packed away all the paints, brushes and rollers....

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Tonsils out! A Possible Sleep Solution

I am writing this from Ooffa’s bedside, 2 hours after he had his tonsils and adenoids removed plus grommets (also known as ear tubes) were inserted into his ears to release a build up of fluid in his...

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