As promised, this is the blog i’ve been meaning to write about changes. We’ve had a lot of changes, and it’s been upsetting.

Firstly, we’ve had some changes in our family dynamics, and it's been a big change. One that I didn't make likely, one that is still impacting our family now and likely, unfortunately, to impact our family for some time still. It's heartbreaking knowing that my actions have affected the tiny humans in this household. Hopefully we'll get thru the next chapter and onto the next one!!

The next change comes in the form of education. We’ve been doing our own version of home education for 15 months. We've not followed the National Curriculum, unfortunately we've not followed Charlie's EHCP but we have strived to be better than the day before. That's been my educational drive, just do better. Doesn’t matter how small it is, whatever Charlie learns and retains is a bonus. Charlie now has a home tutor and he will have to learn how to navigate education and his EHCP with someone new. More change. Luckily Charlie has hit if off with his tutor so this change should be manageable. However, it's still change and 15 months is a long time. Having to transfer care from myself to another adult is difficult. Both for me and for Charlie.

And then there's the bedrooms. This summer we all had a change of bedroom. It was needed, my daughter had outgrown her “box room” bedroom. My son had already outgrown his seperated side to the boys bedroom. Last year I transformed the dining room into a bedroom for my eldest son. My daughter moved into my room, Charlie moved into my daughter's bedroom and I knocked down the wall that was seperating the boys bedroom. I am now in the boys bedroom, and will convert part of it into a home office for my new work from home role. So altho these changes are good, positive and support the household as a whole. Charlie’s had to get used fo a new room, surroundings, bed, mattress, lighting. Everything. Everything has changed for him by changing his room and it hasn't really been smooth sailing. We've struggled to navigate this and unfortunately, Charlie is still very much so spending many nights in my room rather than his!

Finally, our last change has been the Guinea pig, I made the decision to put Gerry the Guinea pig in Charlie's room. What a game changer. Charlie loves his Gerry and has him out the cage most evenings. Everyone's a winner!!

Tutor Tom is back tomorrow after a 13 day absence while he was away on holiday. And I can’t wait to see what he has planned for Charlie for Year 6!

Georgina x