During the October half term, I attempted to fulfil a promise – made to my fae in August by her childminder – of taking her on a train. I hoped to make it an exciting day out, as my mother, who was recently widowed, was up to see us for the first time since theContinue reading “Choochoo Santa”
Tag Archives: Life with fae
Parenting in easy mode
There is a “joke” that regularly makes the rounds online: you don’t know tired unless you’re ’parent tired’. Every time he sees this, my husband grits his teeth and tries not to snap that the people posting this (and it is always parents of neuro-typical children, as the rest of us don’t have the time)Continue reading “Parenting in easy mode”
‘‘Tis the season for miracles
Ever since Halloween ended, houses on our estate have been gleefully assembling their Christmas displays. I’m no humbug (at least not anymore, I used to be, but that’s a story for another post) but November 1st does seem ridiculously early to put up enough lights to drain the Eastern seaboard and cause seizures in theContinue reading “‘‘Tis the season for miracles”
Reading in the dark
Our daughter caught a virus at school. I think she has a respiratory infection; my husband is firmly in the ‘just a cold’ camp. Either way she has a cough; bunged-up nose; and, most, recently, a sudden aversion to any light in her bedroom when settling at night. She started by trying to hide underContinue reading “Reading in the dark”
Something wicked this way went
Why don’t we have a unified half term in England anymore? Letting each local authority set their own term times is moronic. If you have children who go to schools in different authorities it can mean that they never see each other in their half terms; teachers can have different weeks off from their kids;Continue reading “Something wicked this way went”
Flight of the butterfly part 2
So, I meant to write this update some time ago, but life happened and got in the way. Somehow, my daughter has got it in her head that being a human is a dull existence (she’s not entirely wrong) and is trying out being different species. She tried being a lizard but was unimpressed thatContinue reading “Flight of the butterfly part 2”
Wilful Ignorance
I recently found something that really got my goat. In fact after several days I am still wound up enough that my blood pressure is still in the red, and it is something I feel I will share so it can wind you up as well. Or not – maybe I’m on my own withContinue reading “Wilful Ignorance”
Being Good
We have rules in our house. I’m sure everyone does. Importantly, they apply to us as well as our daughter. The most sacred of them is ‘if you say it, do it’. This goes for consequences, as well as rewards. We never promise anything that we are not sure we can deliver on. This meansContinue reading “Being Good”
Spotting the fae’s
This weekend, my daughter was invited to a birthday party. She was one of 4 known fae children, in a room containing 30+ youngsters: running around; bouncing on one of 4 bouncy castles; eating candy floss; and generally going manic. It was an interesting study: once you know what to look for, it is veryContinue reading “Spotting the fae’s”
Decisions and delegating
In our house, if there is a difficult decision to be made, such as where to hang a picture or what colour to order an item in, that decision is made by our fae. Seriously: I am hopeless and can vacillate for hours (or, in some cases, years) of making a choice (I still haven’tContinue reading “Decisions and delegating”
Raising the Modern Fae 