Leith has learned the word 'help' !!!! :)

I've been trying to teach it to him for the longest time. This morning, at his first ever speech therapy group, we were had a moment to ourselves and he was playing with this truck and I was having a bit of a daydream. The wheel on the truck fell off and he handed it to me, saying "help." It didn't occur ( Read more... )

Oh man, I feel sick. Should be in bed by now. I'm having headaches every day, it's like my hair hurts. I want to cut my hair so badly. I'm wanting to shave the sides the day after my sister's wedding in May but after nearly a year of growing my mohawk out I don't know if I'll have the guts. But fuck it'll be such a relief to get rid of half of this ( Read more... )

Leith has autism spectrum disorder (ASD). I don't know why I'm so upset right now. I've suspected it all along. But everybody has been reassuring me. Finally took him to see that very expensive doctor on Tuesday, 16 October (which also happens to be the two year anniversary of Danny's date of death). I'm just going to copy and paste the message I ( Read more... )

Ok, it took all night to upload this video, so you guys better enjoy it! :P

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This is Leith and his cousin William, who is about 25 months, and Leith is almost 19 months in this video. You also see glimpses of his second cousins Harris and Yasmin. They are playing with Matt's sister and William's mother, Dannielle, and then later you see Matt ( Read more... )

I got Leith back earlier than I had initially expected today. I got an SMS at 11:45am from Matt saying he'd drop him off at 12:30pm. At 1pm, Leith still having not arrived, Matt rang and said he was running a bit late but he was on his way now. Already being a little bit peeved, I casually mentioned that by the time he was here he wouldn't be a " ( Read more... )

LEITH WALKED FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS MOTHERS DAY. YAY. HE'S BEEN TRYING *SO* HARD THE LAST FEW DAYS, AND HE FINALLY DID IT!! And you can all see, yaaaaaaaayyy!!!!!!!!!

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Trying to walk

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If the videos aren;t working yet it;s because youtube is still processing them but yeah, they will eventually work!! Can everyone please comment if you read this ( Read more... )

I love him so much it hurts. Really, really hurts when he's not here. I want to go into his room and put his blanket over his little body, tuck in his little toes, keep him warm and tight. And listen to his breathing ( Read more... )

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Finding dried snot stuck to your shoulder hours after giving your crying 14-month-old son a comforting hug at the supermarket ( Read more... )

Ah, sweet relief! Matty's putting Leith to bed for me. I think it's secretly because he wants me to bake him some cookies :P I was like, "ok fine, after I do a load of washing, put Leith to bed, and clean the kitchen, I'll bake some cookies and you can go on the internet and watch TV." lol. I was exagerating though, most of the time when he's at ( Read more... )