I'm Sophie, married to Simon and mum to Jeremiah (10), Isaac (8), Malachi (5), Ezekiel (3) and Zechariah (2). Also our 2 little ones in heaven, Eleanor (2005) and Elisha (2011).

Jeremiah has Autism.


Isaac has hypermobility syndrome/Ehlers Danlos type 3 and uses a wheelchair for anything other than very short distances.

Malachi has hypermobility and wears piedro boots to support his ankles

Ezekiel has a cleft palate, hydrocephalus, hypotonia and development delay

Zechariah was born with sepsis and has mild development delay.



Friday 27 April 2012

Isaac is 4

From this tiny newborn...

...To this 4 year old.


Still can't work out how to turn pictures round!  So much has happened in the last 4 years.  I have learnt to trust my motherly instinct, to feed a baby via nasogastric tube, to always bring a book to hospital appointments, to always bring a quilt when staying in hospital, that my husband can drive as fast as an ambulance, that a buggy with a 4 year old and a 1 year old in is heavy, that an adult with a baby on her lap can go very fast down the big blue slide at softplay, that I can cope with more than I think, that I can breastfeed a baby with low muscle tone, that portage is amazing, that Isaac can do most things with a bit of help.

While I was trawling through facebook to find my then and now photos I also found this one of Jeremiah aged 2 and Isaac aged 3 months.
They look so different but the expressions on their faces are the same as now.

In other news, Isaac has his school place at St Johns where Jeremiah goes.  We have 2 occupational therapists and no wheelchair assessment.  But we are slowly moving forward.  He is going to be in a class of 23 they think with 4-6 children who have special needs.  Jeremiah's year group has 16 children in so they will probably be split up into mixed age classes again.


Wednesday 4 April 2012

Isaac and school


I have no idea how to turn this picture round!  Isaac is starting school this September.  So a few weeks ago we had a school entry plan meeting.  Well, Simon went to the meeting.  Isaac was sick the night before so I stayed at home with him, Malachi and a mountain of washing.  We are now waiting for assessments from OT and wheelchair services.  This week we have started potty training which has been difficult because Isaac struggles to get on and off the potty by himself.  Not sure how they are going to manage that at school.

We have the long awaited genetics appointment tomorrow.  The letter says we will be in there for 2 hours.  Jeremiah and Isaac have been bribed with a trip to the park afterwards if they have been good.