School.

17/9/14

My baby boy had his first day at school yesterday! I'll be completely honest and tell you that I cried like a baby. He looked super smart in his uniform ❤
When we got to school I was expecting him to be a little clingy, and as silly as it sounds I was heartbroken when he just waltzed in like he owned the place and got on with it. That sounds quite bad, but I'm so used to him needing me there for support and to make sure he's ok and he didn't need me. I didn't even get a kiss!

I spoke to one of his teachers today and they said that he was a little more active today, he's been testing the boundaries. He's been playing with the other children which is great, that was a worry of mine. He had a little meltdown when I went to pick him up because the other children had gone for lunch and he had to come home.
They're easing him into it, although honestly I don't think he needs it. He's already ready to stay for lunch, he doesn't want to come home. Hopefully it won't be long until he's doing full days.

Which is fabulous news for me because it means that I can go back to work! Yay!

So smiles all round :) it looks like this may actually be a good week!

Hi :)

13/09/14

Hey guys.
How're you?
It's been a while since I wrote anything. I read back through some of my old posts and realised that I'd deviated from the whole point of this blog. It turned into a rant about completely irrelevant things - well not completely irrelevant... but it wasn't what I wanted it to be.
I think that my general attitude (due to personal circumstances) had changed at the time and that was clearly coming through on my posts. I've cheered up a wee bit though, so we should be alright :)

My baby boy starts  big school next week!
He's going into a special unit at a mainstream (normal) school, which I think should suit him well. They mix the classes. So for example, if he's super good at maths they'll put him in the mainstream lessons with the 'normal' children. I'm hoping that he'll settle in well and come on in leaps and bounds. 
I must confess that I'm not doing very well with it all though. When buying his uniform last week I got very, very emotional. In the car on the way home I was having a crying/hyperventilation fit! No one could understand me saying "What if he doesn't like school, or the other kids, or what if they don't like him? What if he can't cope and we have to pull him out and home school him?!" while bawling my eyes out and struggling to breathe. Let's just say that Luke's meltdowns have nothing on mine!
We went in to town today and gotten his school shoes and pumps from Clarks. So he's all set to go and learn something.

Those who have followed our story since the start will be pleased to know that Luke is doing well. His speech is amazing - not quite as good as other children his age but almost everyone can understand him 8 times out of 10 now. 
His behaviour is still pretty hit and miss but hopefully once he's at school he'll improve. Fingers crossed.

I know that I usually preach something about judging people or staying positive or something similar. Today I'm not going to. Today, I'm going to tell you a story about a man. A lovely man that we met in town a few weeks ago. He was one of those charity collectors that stand in the middle of town. We donated, I believe it was Help for Heroes and he looked at Luke and said "I've got one like him at home." We had a conversation about Luke and schools and Autism. It was so nice to be able to speak to someone that you don't know, that you're likely to never meet again, but have them completely understand what you're going through and how hard, yet rewarding it is.

So, if you see someone that you can relate to, no matter in what way, talk to them. Share your success stories in the hope that they'll try it and it'll work. It doesn't matter if it's about children, elderly parents, clothes... absolutely anything. You have no idea how much that little conversation will help somebody.

Stay safe guys ❤