Category: Down Syndrome

Most if not all of you know that our youngest son has Down’s Syndrome.  I’m very pro choice but as it’s Down’s Syndrome Awareness month […]

This post on Sensory Processing Disorder: System Overload  is the 4th in the series of our journey with Sensory Integration Therapy, and I hope it […]

Photo: ‘Hello’ by Catherine Anne Gilmour In society most communication is recognised through speaking to others. However, some people may have difficulty with using speech […]

As most of you know, our youngest child has Down’s Syndrome. He’s four, he’s very funny, he started mainstream reception this year and, like many […]

Lucy Lloyd-Scott is the proud mother of two gorgeous children, the eldest of which has Down’s Syndrome.  She talks openly and very helpfully about how his first […]

Image by John-Mark Kuznietsov As many of you read about our initial indecision about whether or not to ‘Delay Our Boy With Down’s Syndrome Starting […]

You may have heard of the terms ‘friendly bacteria’ and ‘probiotics,’ but how important are they and do they really affect our health? Nisha Patel, a Pharmacist and […]

We’re having strops, tantrums and loud shouts of ‘NO!’ after school, which I’m assured is happening all over London, so this does make me feel a BIT […]

Photo courtesy of Jake Bellucci As far as I know, it’s now absolutely the norm for children to celebrate their birthday by taking cakes or […]

Exactly four years to the day after having Open-Heart Surgery and dithering about whether or not to delay starting school for a year or not, our boy with Down […]

What do you do when you’re out and about and suddenly find yourself meeting a non-verbal child (or adult) with an adult? You talk to […]

I think, and I fervently hope, we are on the edge of a revolution! Sensory Processing Difficulties have been hovering around on the edges of […]

Potty Training A Child Who Has Zero Interest   Our son had just turned 4 years old and was still showing absolutely zero interest in […]

This post on Sensory Processing Disorder: Sensation Seeking & ‘Antisocial Behaviour’  is the 3rd in the series of our journey with Sensory Integration Therapy and […]

(Feature Photo By Kind Courtesy of John Goode) Dear Dog Owners… I must thank you for being very understanding when my youngest son approaches your […]

This post on Sensory Processing Disorder & Sensation Avoidance is the 2nd in the series of our journey with Sensory Integration Therapy and I hope it […]

Oooh I think I’ve stumbled on something…a way of getting young children out of the door quickly & easily and without wanting to commit a […]

I hear it time and time again in my Osteopathic practice – people go and see a doctor about either themselves or their children, they […]

It’s official.  Our little boy, who only just turned 4 in February really is starting school in September. I know lots of people with summer babies […]

I’ve included a photo of our son in intensive care (with all the tubes, drains and the recent scar on his chest) right at the very […]

I’m sure everyone else has been doing this for years and I’m always the last person to hear of anything BUT I am finally the […]