This blog post was written 14/4/2020

We have had the worst few days with technology. It started with a TV that I ordered online, from a catalogue that came smashed, and I had to send back! Which was a nightmare in itself, as the call centre wasn’t open, no one replied to my email inquiry and in the end I had to go through Facebook messenger. I ended up sending the TV back, however, then it was out of stock. So we are down a TV. Next, was the phone, that ended up going to a repair man for 5 days, then the printer, and no ink, then on Easter Sunday, after I wrote the last blog post, I started to update some of the content and add some links to some sensory pages and bam! We were the victims of a hacker and I lost everything and was blocked out of all my accounts.

So with all good intentions, I had intended to do some much needed work on the website, but because of the hacking incident, I ended up not achieving that at all. And I have felt that my legs and arms have been chopped off quite honestly with no technology, I know how children feel when electronics are taken away from them in punishment. It honestly has been a rough few days in an already stressed out situation, and to make matters worse, sleep is still a serious issue in this house, and we aren’t really getting much. The paediatrician prescribed a sedative, however, Charlie recognised it as medicine straight away and refused to take it. Then I hid it in a drink, and again, Charlie wouldn’t take it so we are back to no sleep and very sleepless nights unfortunately.

The red light was ineffective, and the weighted blanket is now almost 4 years old so I’m sure doesn’t have the same effect as Charlie has changed weight and height dramatically. However, at the time the blanket cost £120 and I just don’t have that money at the moment. I will do some research though and see what we can come up with and of course share our views.

I’m having to write this blog retrospectively as it’s now Thursday, and most of life is actually back to our “normal”. The laptop, my phone, life is back. We are due to start home schooling on Monday 20th April, so I will of course update on how that goes. We have a whiteboard at home, which I put the weekly timetable up on. In the past, Charlie has had a timetable with many different moving days, and days that finish at all different time, what we have learnt, is this doesn’t work and to keep things as rigid as we possibly can. And figure out how to attach these blogs to places, it’s all a bit techy for me! It does not come naturally.

As always, stay safe!

Georgina x