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Last Saturday in Town

Last Saturday we made it into town for a walk about, its very very rare that we would venture into town but my eldest has something to do that I had to take her to so in we went. Eldest safely deposited where she needed to be off we went to explore. I knew that looking around shops would be unlikely, he doesn’t do shops and busy shops on a Saturday were never going to happen so we went to have a…

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Speech Therapy 03/10/2017

So today we had a clinic appointment for speech therapy, I picked up K from school and took his school support worker with us. As she is the one that does the majority of work with him on his speech her been there meant she had the opportunity to ask questions and to see exactly what she needs to be doing with him. K has his daily speech therapy built into a really strong routine which he does…

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Yes Please Mum

How long have I waited to hear that? So long… So very long and every time he says it my heart bursts a little bit with happiness, and I have to hold back a tear, it feels like we have come so far from the days when he wouldn’t talk at all. He is now saying ‘yes please’ when asked if he wants something and ‘thank you’ when he is given it. We might not be having deep conversations or even getting…

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Autism Hour is coming!!

Autism Hour is coming! Don’t forget that Autism Hour is happening on 2 October! With the support of shopping centre Intu, shops and businesses across the UK will be taking simple steps for 60 minutes that can help lead to an autism-friendly environment. You can be the first to find out about new places taking part by signing up for updates. You can also use the interactive map to find out about…

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Wales 2017

We have just got back from Hafan Y Mor which is a Haven site in North Wales, we stayed in a caravan and I cooked K his favourite meals and he got to go swimming and play in the fountains and do all the things that kids his age are supposed to do. It was a lot of fun but very tiring for everyone, he continues to get up at 06.30am every morning, we took his clock for him from his bedroom and his…

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SLT Appointment

K had his speech therapy appointment on Wednesday, they reviewed his progress. There are some real positives that came out of the appointment, she said that she thinks that all of the sounds that he needs are there and are starting to develop, and that he is starting to be able to blend sounds. She also said that she thought that it is just to much effort for him to make the sounds all of the…

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What does he want… It's been ages since K used his pecs to ask for something but tonight he brought me this I guess he wants some milk?

Breakfast

This is what breakfast is in our house Two slices of white bread with butter or sometimes cheese spread cut into squares with no crusts. Leaving the crusts on results in him taking just one bite out of each square as he tries to avoid crust. You might think I am pandering to him, but honestly, I just want him to eat and if this is what it takes then so be it.

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K turned 7 today

K turned 7 today and he had some friends over for a very small party. We asked Lab Rascals to join us to provide some scientific entertainment for him and his friends. This is the first time that he has had any kind of a party and he was very excited when his friends turned up, we had his disco light on, and he had his new plasma ball out ready for when they came. Lab Rascals gave all of the…

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The Deep - Hull

The Deep – Hull

This morning I took K to The Deep, prior to visiting I had tweeting that we were planning to go and wanted to get there early to avoid any crowds, they sent me a DM to say that they open at 09.30am not 10.00am on a bank holiday and that they are usually really quiet for the first half an hour. We had been up early anyway and were ready so it wasn’t difficult for us to get there for that time.…

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Our Visit to Honeysuckle Farm nr Hornsea

Yesterday I took K to a farm for the afternoon, not the day, we didn’t take a picnic or do anything that might be stressful for him, we went for a couple of hours in the afternoon after we had had our usually lunch at home. This was more than enough time for him, a couple of hours anywhere, doing anything is usually all he needs before he starts acting up and wanting to go home. So we got there…

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#days out

We went to the zoo today

We went to the zoo today, and it was so busy, K lasted about 3 hours before he got to his limit. We took his DLA letter and I took my Carer’s card so luckily we didn’t have to pay full price for what is essentially a couple of hours for us, but for most would be a full day out. We didn’t see all the animals, we didn’t walk all of the way round, we didn’t go in the cafe’s and skipped through the…

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I Abused Children For A Living

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Parents Evening

It was parents evening the other night at K’s school and there were lots of positives He has gone up 2 levels in his reading after been on the same level for the whole of last year, he is finally making progress, he is trying really hard with this, both at home and at school and we are hoping he will make further progress before the end of the year. His spellings are consistently 8 or 9 out of…

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When we were on holiday last week we ate out a lot.

My son doesn’t like eating out, and doesn’t like trying new things.

So we knew, right from day one, well from before we got there really that he wouldn’t eat anything, other than maybe a little bit of garlic bread when we were out for tea.

No point in ordering a kids meal, it would have just caused stress and we were not there for that.

So we gave him something before we went out, took the essential kit of iPad and headphones and off we went.

So this is my son, in restaurants, while we were away, having a lovely time, but not eating anything. Well nothing more than a little garlic bread anyway.

Eating out When we were on holiday last week we ate out a lot. My son doesn't like eating out, and doesn't like trying new things.

Currently on holiday

Where it is really hot but he is loving it, he is eating his usual cheese spread sarnies for lunch and meatballs for tea. Some people would say we are pandering to him but we are actually trying to keep things normal so that he will eat. He is having garlic bread every night when we go out for tea, this he loves, the people outside of restaurants trying to get us in, he hates, why do they all…

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Visit to Friends

Today I did something that I have only ever done twice, I took K to a friends house and I left him there for 2 hours. It was his friends birthday and he was having a birthday lunch and then they were going to play Minecraft for a bit. K was excited about going and we took a present for his friend, his friends mum asked what he would like to eat, I told her what he likes and not to worry if he…

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