My latest blog is a slight departure from my usual mumblings. The 5th-13th May is Cleft Lip and Palate Association awareness week. CLAPA, as it is known, is a charity close to our hearts and so I thought what better way to use my blog than to share our experience with my readers and hopefully… Continue reading One in seven hundred
Tag: parenting
The Great British Staycation!
Back in January, you may recall, there was a day the travel agents named 'Blue Monday'. A clever marketing ploy to remind us how much we all desperately need a holiday. Adverts showing sparkling blue shores with golden sands were distinctly unavoidable. I tried to pay as little attention to these as I could, in… Continue reading The Great British Staycation!
It’s not my party but I’ll cry if I want to!
I cannot quite believe that we will be the proud owners of a six year old tomorrow! Another incredible year has flown by and I sit now, as I do every birthday eve, reflecting on the last 365 days, wondering how on earth my baby is another year older already! I'd happily bet money that… Continue reading It’s not my party but I’ll cry if I want to!
Second child syndrome
Sitting around a piano at a local toddler group recently, listening to my little boy singing his heart out to ‘twinkle twinkle’ in his own very special way, a friend said to me "I bet that makes you so proud?!" ...."yes it really does" I replied. And as I quietly shed a tear it got… Continue reading Second child syndrome
