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Category: Parenting
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Parenting is a learned skill
Categories: ParentingContinue Reading: Parenting is a learned skillThere are many people who say that parenting comes naturally and that when you have a baby, you will simply know what to do. This may be true for some people, but for me, and many others, parenting is a learned skill. This is why people such as health nurses, lactation consultants, parenting experts, and…
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My Breastfeeding Story
Categories: ParentingContinue Reading: My Breastfeeding StoryOver the weekend, I saw a reel on Instagram from Toren Wolf’s mother talking about her experience with breastfeeding. You can see the reel here. I thought I would share my story. Please remember, I was undiagnosed autistic & ADHD, though was diagnosed with post-natal depression (PND) when my first was three months old, and…
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I was an undiagnosed AuDHD parent
Categories: ParentingContinue Reading: I was an undiagnosed AuDHD parentBack in January 2002, I became a parent for the first time. I had a gorgeous baby boy. I was also an undiagnosed autistic and ADHD parent. When that boy was 20 years old, I received my diagnosis, and his younger brother was 18. I navigated 20 years of parenting not knowing I was AuDHD,…
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Can being a parent cause trauma?
Continue Reading: Can being a parent cause trauma?There is a lot of information about trauma caused by being a child, especially an undiagnosed AuDHD child. However, not many people are talking about what it’s like being an undiagnosed AuDHD parent of undiagnosed AuDHD & ADHD children… One thing I’ve been wondering lately is – can being a parent cause trauma to the…
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Toxic Childhood???
Categories: ParentingContinue Reading: Toxic Childhood???I saw a post on Threads today talking about how parents of Gen X kids were toxic because we were sent outside to play until dark and were ‘latchkey kids’. The poster claimed this was ‘toxic parenting’. While my mum was a stay-at-home mum until I was an adult, my siblings and I were sent…
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Navigating Friendships
Continue Reading: Navigating FriendshipsI have seen quite a few posts lately in autism groups talking about struggles with friendships. I admit that I’m right there too… it’s something that I really struggle with. I have read all the books, done programs, even did a program when I was teen. I do all the things that they tell me…
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‘Study Skills’ lessons…
Continue Reading: ‘Study Skills’ lessons…I was reading an article about homework in primary school and how many schools are rethinking their policies, and how some schools give optional homework in higher grades to help kids learn ‘study skills’, and it got me thinking about study skills… I remember being taught about how to do homework. Coming home and spending…
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Mother’s Day thoughts
Categories: ParentingContinue Reading: Mother’s Day thoughtsToday is Mother’s Day here in Australia. It’s a day I’ve never really enjoyed. Growing up, my mum would spend ages making things for the Mother’s Day stall, and she was one of the volunteers too! We had to be careful not to buy something she had made and try to hide our purchases from…
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‘Crying’ Room
Categories: ParentingContinue Reading: ‘Crying’ RoomI grew up going to church. I am still a Christian even though, right now, I don’t have a church community. When my kids were small, it was common for churches to have a ‘crying room’ for parents to take their small children. This was often a space at the side of the church or…
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Gifts for a new baby
Categories: ParentingContinue Reading: Gifts for a new babyI have so many friends announcing the birth of a new member of the family, whether a new child, grandchild, niece, or nephew. It got me thinking about baby gifts. I have two children and here are some of the best gifts we received when they were born to give you some ideas: I hope…