I started building this website last year, in order to share all the information and resources that I have learnt with other families, I probably started blogging around January. However, the website wasn’t finished and there was so much going on in our lives. We were trying to find the right provision, then we had to take Charlie’s EHCP to tribunal on appeal, and appeal a placement that the LA had named. I was at University taking a Master’s degree, and then Coronavirus happened! So everything stopped. Just so we could survive and get through the pandemic.

It was really important to me that the blog posts were written at the time of the events, especially surrounding the appeals process as I wanted to share the real life experience and feelings on it. At the time it was incredibly raw and stressful but I think it’s important to share that so that professionals know exactly how it impacts families. So I wrote them all in time and saved them. This was a mistake, they saved on the day I wrote them however, when you publish them they only have the published date on them!!! This is why the previous 40 blogs all have a little sentence with the date written on.

Also, I saved them somewhere which was not linked to the website itself. What a drama! So I’ve had to build a new page and then copy and paste them all in! All in order, all painstakingly long!! But I hope that it makes sense to the reader, and that they follow coherently …. I can hope! So our journey makes sense, as much as it can. And from now on, as things happen and our journey develops I’ll be able to share with you all what is going on with us.

I am also going to do topic blogs, blogs specifically surrounding topics such as sleep, sensory integration, EHCP and education and many other snippets of information that I feel I can share with families.

So glad it’s finally done and we are up and running! What a relief.

Georgina x