Farewell to our friends at Too Peas – it’s the end of an era, or pea’ra, for all their avid listeners and community. We all know how parenting a child with a disability can be lonely and isolating, but over the past five years there’s been a constant, chatty companion many of us have turned …
By Christine Cronin “What are you going to do when he gets bigger?” This question pops up a lot. I get asked this by strangers who see him swipe at me while I’m trying to buckle him into his chair. I get asked this by people who witness his meltdowns in the playground as he …
By Christine Cronin “He’s too big to be in a chair” “My he’s gotten so big, I remember when I first said ‘hello’ to him, that a was a few years ago now. He’s gotten big. Still so happy and always gives me a wave or a flower.” Two comments I heard from two different …
Addressing the “too big for a pram” conversation Read More »
By Ange Warren Remember the early days, where we had small kids who kept us busy each and every day, and it was hard to imagine it being any other way? Then puberty comes along, which can sometimes feel like an overnight transformation of little kid to sassy kid, and a whole new stage of …
Puberty Blues – a Source Mama shares a new stage Read More »
By Christine Cronin I can’t shake the fear some days. The anxiety sits heavy in my chest. It swirls in my stomach and sweats through my hands. It clutches my throat, fills me with dread and muddles my head. I don’t know what it is I’m fearful of. The day maybe. The length of it …
By Tammy Goodwin Feeding Tube Awareness week is 4 to 10 Feb, 2024. With Feeding Tube Awareness week in a few days, I wanted to bring awareness to all of the different ways people can be fed thanks to the development of all of the methods which keep people alive who may not be able …
Raw and emotional. Today is a hard day. It is my daughter’s 20th birthday. In my head, all I can think is how it was a horrible day 20 years ago. To say that today has triggered me, is an understatement! This time 20 years ago, I was coming to terms of a birth diagnosis …
By Bec Glover It’s been some time since I was able to sit down and put my thoughts to a screen and tap away. For me, sharing my insight and personal experience comes at a time when I can breathe. A time when I can sit. A time when I can make a cuppa, sit …
By Linda Williams Before you tell a Mother, especially the Mother of a child with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy or with additional needs, that they look tired, try asking instead “do you need help with anything?” We know we look tired probably due to us waking up multiple times during the night to help our child …
There will be times throughout your child’s life when you will feel the need to step in and advocate on their behalf. As parents of children with disabilities, we get quite used to speaking up on their behalf; making (seemingly) simple requests of school, therapists, etc, but sometimes the advocacy needs to be more formal …
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