Category Archives: Autism

Our story…just keep on keeping on…

Posted on August 23, 2014 by

We brought Wee Man home from hospital when he was three days old.  I remember a very proud Monz Man turning up at the hospital with the car seat, nervously strapping Wee Man into it, then gingerly walking through the … Continue reading →

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How do you function?

Posted on August 17, 2014 by

I seem to be getting my knickers in a knot over something.  And it’s a strange something to me as I don’t usually get wound up by terminology; I usually just think, “oh ok, you say that.  I say this.  … Continue reading →

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The time is coming…

Posted on July 20, 2014 by

I was caught off guard recently.  A few weeks ago Wee Man asked me directly why he goes to the school he goes to (he’s at a special school for children with autism).  My stomach flipped, then quickly sank.  I … Continue reading →

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Feed me. FEEEEEEEED ME. FEED ME NOW!

Posted on July 13, 2014 by

Wee Man doesn’t eat well.  Never has done.  And I would take an educated guess that he probably never will. When he was born, he didn’t have the sucking reflex needed to breastfeed efficiently.  He did sort of get the … Continue reading →

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He’s left the room

Posted on July 6, 2014 by

Wee Man gets lost.  Not physically, although I’d be lying if I said that hadn’t happened once or twice, but that’s for another day.  What I mean is that he gets lost from me.  He becomes distant and impossible to … Continue reading →

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