Tag Archives: difficult behaviours

Babies be Crazy!

Well you all know we have this beautiful little 17 month (today!) old baby. I say baby, because compared to our Mr 10 at this age, he really is a baby. By 16mths, our older son was already talking clearly … Continue reading

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Stuff and More Stuff

Wow! Ages since I last posted anything. Why? Well, crazy… lots of crazy! My baby started walking at nine months old and he’s quite mental. Walks, falls, smashes his head. Climbs the oven door, out of the high chair, out … Continue reading

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Holidays with a kid like mine

Happy New Year! We’ve had a couple of nice little mini holidays this year. We went to the Hunter Valley Gardens and enjoyed the light show and fireworks with a one night stay over, and on Friday we returned from … Continue reading

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What to do when you are talking to ‘Anxiety’?

Well, this week was our first week of getting into extra curricular activities with other actual people. Trampoline went quite well on Monday. Yes, he argued and even got a little rude with the teacher, but she was able to … Continue reading

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There is still kindness in the world!

Well some of you may remember a few weeks ago I had a bit whinge about not being able to get my son into a trampolining programme…anywhere. Due to his inability to sit and listen and follow instructions it was … Continue reading

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Murder and mayhem at the park

I always knew that reducing his medication was going to be tricky. I was and am prepared for what may happen. His psychologist warned me today that we shouldn’t make any judgement about how far he’s come with controlling things … Continue reading

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Check out my 2nd published article :)

http://www.discordia.com.au/emotional-parenting-in-the-public-eye/

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I wanna hold your hand

Just a quick post about something that has started happening this week with my son. Something so small and normal, but that many parents with kids like mine might understand is quite an achievement.  My son has never liked holding … Continue reading

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Post OT camp breakdown thus far…

While an exhausted little person watches some kind of crazy spin off thing from a popular children’s movie series involving some zoo animals who find themselves in various ‘wild’ adventures, I think it’s time I got around to giving those … Continue reading

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Social Siberia..almost

We are pretty much used to the secluded lifestyle we have been forced into due to our son’s behavioural difficulties. We know that he really struggles at social gatherings and becomes quite anxious and can’t really be left alone to … Continue reading

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