WHS On Balance Blog

My view on respite care. 0

My view on respite care.

So its a bank holiday, a nice warm one for a change. Graces carer had a trip to the zoo planned and wanted to take Grace along, which I was fine with as it...

My experience having a tubie 0

My experience having a tubie

Darcy is now 16 months old and has been tube fed since birth. We always knew this would be the case due to her bilateral cleft lip and palate alongside her heart condition so...

Ellie 1

Ellie

Ellie is now 22 years old, she was born at 36 weeks by cesarean section and spent the following 4 weeks in the neo-natal unit. We eventually got a diagnosis of a micro-deletion of...

JUST WILLIAM 2

JUST WILLIAM

After a difficult pregnancy and 8 admissions into hospital with blood loss, William was born 9 days early at 4 lbs 14.5 oz. A tiddler compared to my first son, but perfect in every...

A Mothers Day Message.. 1

A Mothers Day Message..

Mothers day ..another excuse to get messy and do some home-made projects. This year we made some tissue paper flowers easy to make and lots of fun, we covered them in glue with glitter...

Sparrow legs part 1.. 0

Sparrow legs part 1..

How do I start this? Jay asked me to write our story, but it’ such a long story as Talia is now 10 years old, so l will give you a short burst of...

Picking Daisies… 1

Picking Daisies…

I often watch Grace and wonder what she is thinking or feeling. Grace goes about her days happy mostly, observing everything. Grace is a child that does not miss a thing. I did not...

Nana of Jess 0

Nana of Jess

Jess was born 23rd June 2017, weighing 3lb 8oz, . She had a natural birth at 35 weeks . We had no idea of any problems apart from her slight premature and being very...

Hayden 0

Hayden

Hayden James… Part 1 Hayden (or he Pickle as he is known) was born at 38 weeks via planned c-section on 1st of July 2013 weighing 4lb 8oz. I know every mum never forgets...