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Category Archives: Life with a CP Baby

Extra! Extra! Good news about May

May 20, 2013 at 21:57

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Happy! Happy May!

A bit of happiness after last week’s misery… 1. May’s getting fat. Putting on the chub. Becoming a little piggie. She is eating twice, three times as much as she did six months ago. Makes me wonder why I had to argue with dieticians for so long. 2. May’s happy again. Singing! Her brother, Ieuan, [...]

WIN! Family tickets to In the Night Garden LIVE (worth £70)!

May 13, 2013 at 21:12

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Win tickets

May and Ieuan are OBSESSED with In the Night Garden. Ieuan wakes up in the morning to ask for his “SHOW!” and goes to sleep the same way. (We are a pro-TV household.) Ieuan learned to touch his nose from the Tombliboos and blow kisses from Upsy Daisy. And when the show begins, at the first [...]

What do you think of our theory about May’s pain?

May 11, 2013 at 22:49

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May started giggling last night. A frothy, snorting childish giggle that bore no resemblance to the screams of late. It was wonderful. But, May’s troubles were not over. My husband and I escaped for a few hours today, but only down the road to a coffee shop. I wasn’t there long before May’s careworker phoned. [...]

Why you haven’t heard from me…

May 10, 2013 at 12:29

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May crying

Sometimes life with May is no picnic. This week has been a crashing disaster. I’ve been reticent to write about just how awful it has been because I don’t want the other special needs parents who read my blog to think life is a misery. And I don’t want to rehash it in a flood [...]

7 things “so-called experts” never say, but should

May 3, 2013 at 16:46

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You wanna fight me?You wanna fight me?

After a collective 24 hours in therapies, medical appointments and general ‘Team May’ meetings this week, I have had my share of so-called experts. Because I don’t swear on my blog – and a big hello to my students reading this right now – I’ve decided to imagine a world where so-called experts didn’t make [...]