Special Needs Baby
There is a lot advice out there on how to prepare yourself and your child for childcare, addressing common concerns such as, ‘I don’t feel ready to leave my child, what should I do?’ ‘My child cries when I leave her. How can I help her settle?’ Luckily Aiya starting nursery has been a very… Continue reading Miss Independent
Aiya is 2 years old today and it’s amazing to see how far she has come given all the challenges she faces. Our little miracle baby came into this world at 1.2kg and measuring 40cm in length and is now 68cm and weighs 7.5kg. She is approximately the size my son was at 7 months old.… Continue reading Happy 2nd Birthday!
Aiya’s brother is 5 years old and although we try to explain to him about Aiya’s condition when he asks ‘When is Aiya going to walk?’ or ‘When will she be able to play with me?’, he is yet to understand that she is different to most children. Last week he asked when Aiya would… Continue reading Big Brother
Recently more and more people have commented on how Aiya is starting to look like me and I’m not sure why but it makes me feel sad. Maybe it’s because I can see what an alternative future may have looked like for her, if fate had delivered her a different hand. She would have been… Continue reading Little Fighter
It’s been a busy few months and a while since I’ve written a post, so thank you to all my friends and family for asking where the next one is as this has spurred me on to keep writing even when life gets a bit hectic! Reflecting on 2017, it was a year of change… Continue reading On Reflection
I was desperate for a little girl when I fell pregnant with Aiya. I would constantly daydream about what it would be like to have a daughter and how it would change my world. I would day dream about shopping with her, lunches, afternoon tea, teenage angst, thinking if my daughter was anything like me… Continue reading Aiya’s First Haircut
All babies develop at different rates and I have fully embraced this truth with Aiya. I don’t worry about what she’s supposed to be doing for her age as I did with my first, constantly referring to my copy of ‘What To Expect - The First Year’ to check if my little boy was where… Continue reading Development Journal
We'd just returned from a much needed holiday and hadn't really discussed the scan at length. I think we just pushed it to the back of our minds so that we could enjoy some quality time together as a family. It had been a demanding few months for the other half and my body was… Continue reading First Consultant Scan (21 weeks +4 days)
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