(Trigger warning Self Harm and Suicide.) I am currently “Locked” in my own head. In my head I say things like I just want to be able to “Slap myself”, ”Sort it out” or “Pull myself together”. I know they are not useful phrases, I know they are not helpful, I know it’s not as …
Surviving a kids party can be hard! We went for another one at the weekend. I’m sure when I was a kid we’d just be dropped off and then picked up hours later as the host parents were just about ready to completely lose it! But as a parent of a 5 year old now, …
We had another milestone today to follow on from the one yesterday. B managed her first walk in to take X to school on her own! She’s walked in together with me to take X into school most days since he started in September but has never managed it on her own. In fact, after …
I remember as a kid thinking “Wouldn’t it be great to be able to play Sonic the Hedgehog all day!”. Now I have a 4 year old, who also likes to “play” sonic, I’m not all so sure I’d want that wish any more. X: “Can I play Sonic please?” Me: “Of course you can, …
“The fair’s in!”. I grew up where B and I now live, I had about 13 years living away overall but then B decided we should move back, so we did! This means I can be very “local” at times and often entertain/bore B with tails of yesteryear! Every year around Halloween / bonfire night …
It’s funny the things you get excited about as a parent. We found ourselves getting ridiculously excited later year over something that at any other time if your life you would be deeply ashamed of. We were so excited at it this time however, that we even shared it on Facebook so that all our …
After his illness last night X was very tired this evening. He dropped off to sleep just as we were finishing cooking dinner. We just let him have a nap and ate ours in the kitchen. To be honest, it was really nice to just sit and eat but part of me almost needs to …
I woke up about 6 this morning, grumbled to myself and then figured as I was awake and could feel my massive bladder, I’d quickly go down for a pee then I would be able to try and get another hour or so of sleep in before X wakes up. B had offered when we …
Managed to get away for a cooked breakfast on my own this morning, B was up and about at 9:30 and in a good mood. Does me good to get away and just sit quietly on my own for a while. It’s not necessarily the healthiest way to spend time, doing exercise just didn’t win …
I have a son! I’m just going to call him X when I’m writing about him on here. He really is amazing, if anyone is preparing for fatherhood right now, I’ll just say it really is amazing, but it’ll be harder than you think… no, honestly, it will! But it is well worth it. We’ve …