Nursery malarkey – Part 13 and 3/4

So, here we are at Part 13 and 3/4 – my tribute to Adrian Mole. Let’s be honest. The nursery thread of this blog is as juvenile. I sent a letter to the Head and Deputy Head (that’s Principal and Asst Principal to any Americans) of the nursery that refused to prioritize May. Despite having [...]

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Article in The Independent

May and I are in The Independent today!

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The Politics of Inclusion

I don’t usually write about politics on this site, I’m too busy talking up my amazing daughter. But, here in Britain, we are in the lead up to a General Election. Whichever party is elected, will make a big difference to the kind of services on offer to my daughter. Each of the parties is [...]

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London Birthday Photos

Happy Birthday to May! Photos of the celebrations from the past weekend below.

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This week I’m… repeating sounds (update + bday video)

May gave my husband and I a lovely present this week in honor of her birthday. New sounds! I’ve been repeating sounds to May, but have had very little success getting her to repeat them to me. I say little, but in fact I do think that on a few occasions she tried to repeat [...]

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Happy Birthday May – You are 1!

And baby, look at you now! Here is what May could do when she was born and it was all her doctors could assure us she would ever be able to do: – pee – breath Continuing with the updates about May’s amazing accomplishments, here is what May can do now: – bounce – bounce, [...]

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A year ago today…

…my waters broke. I woke up at 5 am. I dribbled all the way to the bathroom. There, I sat on the toilet and cried, and then, took a deep breath, got myself together and called first the midwife’s pager and then my mother. When the midwife arrived, she said some women choose to labor [...]

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Fun Run!

It’s fun! It’s a run! Students from my friend Kate’s class (that’s Ms Jenkins to you) ran to raise money for Small Steps School today. Since our visit to their school, they found enough sponsorship to raise almost £3,000. And, they spent at least a week designing some amazing costumes to run in. One girl [...]

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More nursery malarkey

In November, I was told by an “outstanding” nursery that May needed a statement, not only to be prioritised on their waiting list, but to establish whether they would deem it appropriate for May to attend the nursery at all. This was a ‘catch-22′ as my borough do not write statements for under-3s. Months later, [...]

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This week I’m… repeating sounds.

Leave it to me to choose the one off-hand comment made during an entire afternoon spent with a therapist to send me whirling into a depression. Said comment: “We’ll order May a big button that records voices. Then, later, when all the children are all sit down in a circle at nursery to contribute about their [...]

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