I am loving this WLGYL series because it has introduced me to some incredible people.  Sometimes those people were under ...

I recently made a short film with Nurture Channel for You Tube on my own experiences as a parent coping with the death of my husband and my...

Every year on Father's day I send a message to other mums I know who are single parents, acknowledging that they are pulling the dou...

We are currently entering week 3 of Daisy’s stay at Great Ormond Street hospital.   On the 14 th October she had an 8 hour surgery to her ...

I really, really did not imagine I would ever write a post with the title "when your child's playstation habit makes you burst with...

You may remember that earlier this year I was part of a delegation of Special Needs Bloggers who met with Edward Timpson, MP -  Parliame...

Today is 5 years since I started this blog.  5 years ago, Daisy was 3 years old and was once again in hospital,in the early weeks of a stay ...

We seem to live in a time of competitive parenting, and nowhere more so than London.  It's all about getting your child into the right s...

On Sunday I completed my last run in the challenge I had set myself earlier this year to run 7 races to mark 7 years of care by our hospice,...

I ran my first half marathon since 1996 yesterday.  Last time I ran a half marathon I was considerably younger and the following day I ...

We know the waiting game well, we parents of children with additional or medical needs.  Waiting for results, waiting for appointments,...

An article appeared in the New York Times this week announcing a breakthrough in antenatal testing which is non-invasive so carries no ...

I remember being about 8 months pregnant with Xanthe , Theo had just turned two, I was wracked with guilt about bringing another child...

A couple of weeks ago, someone somewhere googled “I Wish I Didn’t Have Aspergers”. The phrase popped up in a blogging dashboard and str...

So why do I write this blog and bare my soul to thousands of strangers week in week out? I was pondering this following a recent thread on...

I'm participating in the Define Normal Blog Hop  this week where the challenge has been given to us special  needs mums to define what w...