Surreal life – Page 4 – Raising the Modern Fae

The anxiety of change

There are certain things in life that you know are going to affect your child, and are going to go down like a lead balloon; going to school, eating vegetables, bed time, brushing teeth. When you have a fae child this list is more extensive, but may not include the normal things on it. OurContinue reading “The anxiety of change”

8 can’t be in phone numbers

So, recently I ended up in a conversation with my fae child that had more of an effect on her than I expected. Whilst running around with a calculator (it was a Christmas present) she decided that it was a phone, on which she had entered a phone number. As an offhand comment (silly me)Continue reading “8 can’t be in phone numbers”

Christmas is over

So, happy new year. I hope you all had a wonderful season of giving, and celebrated the true spirit of Christmas. In our house, that is the commercial spirit. In all honesty, I have been buying presents for my daughter since October and squirreling them away. So by the time it came to wrap them,Continue reading “Christmas is over”

Stand back we’re going to do a science

I know that, traditionally, Science isn’t a verb. In my world, however, it is, and one can in fact “do a science.” For 12 years, in fact, I was paid to do Science with kids as a job – I taught it, they learnt it… that’s a lie I attempted to teach it and thenContinue reading “Stand back we’re going to do a science”

Meltdown Mayhem

Our fae is normally quite well regulated and doesn’t need much input in terms of her emotional regulation. The past few weeks, however, have had me questioning everything I have ever done with her with regards to grounding exercises, distractions, and any other tool I have to help her through, and out, of meltdowns. WeContinue reading “Meltdown Mayhem”

Sorry it’s been a while

So, unlike most of blog posts that are entirely, or mostly, about my darling little daughter, this one is all about me, me, me. I have recently started the process of unmasking my own neuro-spicy traits. This has been, to put it mildly, traumatic. Also has unveiled a few things that I until recently didn’tContinue reading “Sorry it’s been a while”

Bikes and other fit things.

I have been attempting to get fit. I have mentioned before, this is not out of some sense of high virtue, but rather in self-defense against my fae, who seems to see sleep as an option that frequently isn’t selected, and believes any illness or injury can be run off (you just need to runContinue reading “Bikes and other fit things.”

A Ranty Update

So, I have been very remiss over the past two weeks at updating this blog. I can only ascribe this to a need for routine. I fear I may have become slightly institutionalised since the birth of my fae, and now that she has started school, I find myself at a loose end and unableContinue reading “A Ranty Update”

Reluctantly Playing the Main Role in an RPG

Have you ever played one of those infuriating games where, for no apparent reason you have to unlock the green chest with the red key that you got from the one-eyed wizard to retrieve the amulet to make the cat talk so you can get the directions to the hidden forest to save the babyContinue reading “Reluctantly Playing the Main Role in an RPG”