B has now been in hospital under a mental health section for about 4 and a half months! To be honest when she first went in I thought it would just be a couple of weeks at the absolute maximum. I didn’t expect to have to work things around Christmas to fit in with getting …
(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 …
We’ve always said we would just stick with the one child, it’s been a really hard few years and X’s birth was quite an experience! So obviously, we’ve now just had another baby! We were sat in the kitchen and B was upset and we were talking about how hard things have been and I …
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, …
It would seem that yesterday I managed to reach 100 Facebook followers! It’s really great that so many people want to hear all about our little household and what we’ve been up to. Thank you all for your support, I really do hope you get something out of reading. We’ve had a varied run over …
A little over 5 years ago our son X was born. This was before B had been in a mental health hospital, before she’d started seeing the mental health team and before any suicide attempts. Technically our birth story started with B suddenly announcing when I was in the bath that perhaps we should have …
After taking a few weeks off work in order to deal with B having a bit of a downturn, I’m currently on a “Phased Return” to work. This means I am only working mornings and am trying to get rest/downtime whenever I can. Fellow parents will appreciate that this is never really easy regardless of …
So, quite a while back X managed to crack toilet training, at least during the day. We are, as all parents are, very happy with this. It meant preschool would have it a bit easier, and it would also save us a few quid too. We knew nights would take a while, but we weren’t …
So, Christmas 2018 has been and gone. I’m happy to report that we’ve all had a good one, even R. To be honest Christmas does bring lots of going out, interacting with people, and breaks to routine. These can be tricky for lots of people, especially when mental health issues are around, but although I …
This week was the week of X’s school nativity, it was all of his year (Reception) plus years 1 and 2. Collectively, years 1 and 2 are apparently now known as “Key Stage One”, I’m feeling myself sounding old at times like this when I say “Oh, you mean infants?”. To be completely honest, I’ve …