Author Archives: Musings of a SEND Mummy

My life was very different before Scarlett. For one thing I had a career. I worked as an Accountant and Business Analyst for a number of very large well known organisations in London. I worked hard to get where I did … Continue reading →

“She’s so beautiful, she doesn’t even look like she has Down syndrome”. I hear this a lot. It’s meant as a compliment and I take it as such because she is beautiful. And she looks like she has Down syndrome. … Continue reading →

Like many expectant parents we took part in anti-natal classes in preparation for the birth of our daughter and as I was new to the town I was keen to meet other new Mums. At the beginning of the first … Continue reading →

Scarlett was born at ten past ten in the morning by caesarean section three and a half weeks early.   The moment I saw her, as they lifted her up over the sheet and I reached out and touched her tiny … Continue reading →