This blog post was written on 5/8/2020

I can’t believe that after 5 months off, there is some normality returning. This is with my return to work, which I am super excited about! I only actually work contractually on a Saturday, but I pick up shifts throughout the week that are Charlie dependent I.E when Charlie is safe at school and I can commit to work. Hopefully, life will be easier still now Charlie regularly sees his Dad on a Saturday. But we will see, that is still temperamental at present. We’ve had a good few weeks EHCP wise, the Working Document is well on it’s way, all the commissioned reports are in, we had good solid reports done from Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language therapy and one from Social Care, we had an assessment done from them too, under section 17 of the Children’s and Families Act. I have honestly learnt so much along this journey and I can’t wait until I can really share all the knowledge that I’ve learnt and help the thousands of families that find themselves battling a broken system like I have done.

We have a holiday booked, it’s to Cornwall, never been before so really looking forward to going and spending some time with my little tribe and a nice few days away will be so good when I have handed in my dissertation, back at work and kids almost back at school and finally moving forward in this dreadful pandemic. Everyone has been totally shocked and shook up over the virus that absolutely took over the world, and bit by bit, piece by piece, everyone is starting to pick themselves back up and move on with their lives and find a way of living alongside this virus. With the hope one day there will be a vaccine and the healthcare to make sure no one close to us loses their lives.

So the working document is with Mrs H, and she is glancing over it to make sure there’s nothing amiss, I’m always so grateful for the work that she does for us and the ways she can support us.

The family fund money has finally been spent! Because of covid19 I was unable to buy the swing set I wanted for Charlie, however, this is now in stock and it has been purchased. Won’t be here until after our holiday though unfortunately.

Sleep is still an absolute nightmare!! I have tried so many other things, I have uploaded them to Facebook and Instagram, however, there were some gummies (sweets) that contained melatonin, Charlie hated the taste. Next I tried a weighted blanket from Amazon, too heavy! Didn’t like it, luckily I gave it to Isla, my daughter. And I’ve just bought some sleep well milk! We will see how that goes!

One day I will figure out how to add links into these, but the overall my intention is just to write blogs which are based on topics, like sleep, outdoor play, occupational therapy and I’m really hoping I’ll be ready to do that in September!!

Wish me luck

Stay safe

Georgina x