You see a mum juggling life like a pro—balancing work, school runs, and endless appointments like it’s no big deal. What you don’t see are the late nights spent catching up on work because I’ve had to shuffle everything around for therapies or appointments. Parenting is not always easy. Here’s a few things you don’t see.
Often when we think about security blankets, we think about our kids and their blankets or toys but today I want to talk about my own security blanket. It’s not in the usual form but in the form of a ‘pram’.
“Mum” is a word that echoes through our homes daily, often to the point where we can almost tire of hearing it. But for some, like me, it’s a word we longed to hear for years. And now… I’m hearing it.
When it comes to having a child with Down syndrome, a lot of people are concerned about the time it will take to look after them, and they worry that they’re other children will miss out. I have times I have felt like that too, but let’s look at what it really looks like.