Layla’s community pediatrician
Pricks of guilt, confusion, and overwhelmingness, and failing as a parent. This is what most parents feel when they have a child who is...
Thank you...
Dear Tracy, On Thursday 22 July (2021) my debut novel, Hope Nicely’s Lessons for Life will be published - and I want to say a huge thank...
The Process is more important than the outcome.
When we focus only on the outcome, we miss the small steps of progress we made to get there. When I made Layla’s visual calendar, the...
Reading...
No bedtime story in our house, please! This time last year Layla COULDN’T read and didn’t enjoy reading as it was a reminder that she was...
Eating is progress!
I decided to home-educate, not so Layla can do well in English, Maths, or whatever the curriculum tells her to learn. I did it for her...
Who?
Let’s NOT talk about drinking in pregnancy as it is VIOLATES a lady’s right! This week the World Health Organisation (WHO) released a...
The curriculum is not inclusive
The looks I get when I tell people I home-educate my daughter and the questions! Does she listen to you as you are not her teacher? What...
It's okay to have a not okay day
Layla didn’t want to play the usual games and exercises in the park this morning but wanted to be close to me and hold my hand and be...
A Wobbly Day
Each day my daughter does the ‘calendar’. She made this herself with me. Why do I do this with her? Yes, it teaches her the months,...
IN MEMORY OF JOHN HENDERSON
FASD Awareness South East would like to thank everyone for their kind donations in memory of John Henderson (Spider). Your donations have...
