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Let the Countdown Begin.
I woke up today feeling blah. It’s Saturday and normally I would be full of energy and stoked to not be working but today, instead, I’m trying to recover from what has been an exhausting week. Most of us claim to have busy lives and many of us do but i often feel like people…
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Testing Times
When we started our ADHD journey I was told by someone that between the age of 8 and 11 is when you will really be tested by your child’s disorder whether they are medicated or not. It makes sense to me now because it is within those fundamental primary years that so much development and…
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I’m still here
When I first started writing my blog I had so much I wanted to say but I hit a wall a few months ago and stopped blogging whilst I made heads and tails of life and things that were going on around me. I still have plenty to share and new things to touch on…
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Hope
Often when I’m out with hubby getting a coffee or walking the dog someone might make a comment and I then stop and chat to that person for ages, all whilst my poor husband stands idly by listening. Today on one of our many walks along the beach I met this lovely young man and…
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I’m still here
I’ve been so busy with life lately that I haven’t had time to sit with my thoughts and write a blog. Life has been a good busy not a bad busy and family life has been just as full on, never a dull moment. Term 1 ended and with the holiday break came the opportunity…
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Change
The last 4 weeks of term 1 were quite challenging for Leni. His classroom went through some big changes with structure which really unsettled him and derailed all the things we had worked so hard for over the past few years. I can’t imagine being a teacher and having such a diverse mix of students…
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Motivation
The one thing many children with ADHD lack is commitment and motivation and as a parent it can be extremely frustrating and somewhat annoying. Leni is a talented athlete. He picks things up quite easily and has great hand eye coordination. His only downfall though is his lack of commitment once he reaches a point…
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Watch over me
Why do some parents leave medicating completely up to their children? What makes a grown adult think that a child should be left alone to medicate themselves? I have read so many posts lately where parents are upset that their ADHD offspring are being disruptive in school or displaying poor behaviour and in the same…
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A Leap of Faith.
Despite the fact that we are more aware of depression and anxiety these days there still remains some stigma in my opinion with medicating one or the other as part of someone’s treatment. As an adult it can be hard to agree to taking medication so you can only imagine how hard it must be…
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Back to School
School started back this week and the relief to be back in a routine is huge. There was much anxiety in the lead up mostly from me because I expected the worst from Leni but was pleasantly surprised by how smooth things went. The few days before he started back we had a chat about…
Staying Focused 