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How do you go about making the really difficult decision about whether or not to put your son on ADHD medication? It’s something that we have grappled with for a long time (over a year) Doctors at the hospital have recommended it a few times but we have confidently declined. It feels like admitting defeat,Continue reading “ADHD medication – friend or foe?”

So spent the evening cleaning and tidying the house…..tidy house, tidy mind is how I roll. Go to bed happy 🙂 Early hours of the morning I hear Bam surface from his pit. The familiar sound of him stumbling down his mid sleeper cabin bed stairs, into the bathroom (for you know what) and thenContinue reading “Negative end of a battery”

Among the usual breakfast mayhem, Bam suddenly just stops in his tracks! Unfortunately he was having a vacant seizure. Then Mops pipes up ‘Was that a seizure Bam’ To which Bam went ‘yes’. Yes, the word seizure unfortunately is a normal word in our house so much so our 4 year just casually asks hisContinue reading “Brotherly love!”

Hubby is away on business, I wake to the sound of both of my children playing happily. Bliss…….then I hear water running, hmmm, not so blissful. So I shout from my bed ‘boys, what are you doing?’ ‘Don’t worry Mum, we’re sorting it’ Ah, that’s ok then, they’re sorting it…..(currently becoming slightly more awake) ‘sortingContinue reading “And all before 8am………”

OK, so I guess from title you’re thinking ‘of course she’s going to say that, she’s his Mum’ So let me give you an insight into why my boy is so ‘Marvelous’ He has this amazing personality – kind, loving, friendly and this really deep voice. Way too deep for his age, people have askedContinue reading “Meet ‘Marvelous Mops’”

There’s never a dull moment with Bam in the house! He’s like that character ‘Taz’ – you know the Tasmanian devil character that spins around really fast leaving a trail of destruction in his path. Bam enters a room and manages to turn it upside down in seconds, it really is quite amazing to watch!Continue reading “Meet the ‘Amazing Bam!’”

This weekend we celebrated Mops 4th birthday! Oh to be 4 again, jumping up and down with excitement as a pack of hot wheels cars is opened! When asked what’s been the best part of your birthday he answers ‘the party bags!’ Of course, there’s nothing more exciting than a party bag when you areContinue reading “Becoming 4 years old!”