Scribbles and Baby 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇵🇱🇬🇧

My little lockdown baby was so excited that he grabbed an #extrachromosome on the way.
Don't confuse silence with having nothing to say.
#DownsSyndrome

[Scribbles and Baby 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇵🇱🇬🇧 @LockdownBabyT21]

@gb_global, please can you confirm the upper weight limit of the Pockit + All Terrain? There's a lot of conflicting information about it online, ranging from 17kgs to 25kgs.
Many thanks.

[John Sweeney @johnsweeneyroar]

The great Stacey Dooley captures the beauty of Ukraine's fighting spirit.

Watch this.

[Scribbles and Baby 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇵🇱🇬🇧 @LockdownBabyT21]

@TTRadioOfficial A 15-yr old girl was sent to PRU for 3 months after punching me. Prior to the assault, I'd raised concerns with SLT 3 times that my presence was triggering this girl because of some of her lived experiences. They didn't act & that made the assault inevitable but not her fault.

[Scribbles and Baby 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇵🇱🇬🇧 @LockdownBabyT21]

@WhistleblowingT I know it's not typical, but only 6 other people in this country share my name. My name makes me (us) very identifiable.
Perhaps staff names, photos, emails, etc. should only be accessible to those who log in to the site, so those details are not searchable by the general public?

[Scribbles and Baby 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇵🇱🇬🇧 @LockdownBabyT21]

@dim0kq @dzygaspaw My dad was born in the Ukrainian Carpathians. I'd take that as a good omen and follow...

[Scribbles and Baby 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇵🇱🇬🇧 @LockdownBabyT21]

@LisaFar34706367 Me, too - the first visit without my child and the vast teaching experience.
If the head/SENCO don't have the 'right' attitude to inclusion, they don't deserve to meet my son (he has DS).

[Scribbles and Baby 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇵🇱🇬🇧 @LockdownBabyT21]

@FloraSCooper I'm considering 2 schools. The head/SENCO combo matters most - whether they offer a genuinely inclusive community. Second, my son's response to visiting the school.
OFSTED report is irrelevant; I've not even read them.
Of the 2, I favour the one that overlooks fields and trees..

[Scribbles and Baby 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇵🇱🇬🇧 @LockdownBabyT21]

@carolineplayle @AdamBronkhorst 😂

[Scribbles and Baby 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇵🇱🇬🇧 @LockdownBabyT21]

@madmaxruns Brilliant. In a similar vein, since I introduced my two-year old to crumpets earlier this week, he's been signing them as 'grumpy'. 😠☺️

[Scribbles and Baby 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇵🇱🇬🇧 @LockdownBabyT21]

@tommyjessop @HouseofLords2 @NDSPolicyGroup @LiamFox Thank you for this. It's so important. My son experienced diagnostic overshadowing 3 times before he even came home from hospital.

[Scribbles and Baby 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇵🇱🇬🇧 @LockdownBabyT21]

@LironiKR That's so kind of you. I'm glad you like it. And Holland!
It irritated me when I first read it 3 years ago and then someone mentioned it to me again a few weeks ago...and it all came bubbling out...

[Scribbles and Baby 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇵🇱🇬🇧 @LockdownBabyT21]

3 years ago today I heard the news that the unborn Baby Scribbles had grabbed an #ExtraChromosome. The love I had for the tiny person growing inside me never faltered.
Celebrating #UnconditionalLove today. 💛💙
Happy Valentine's Day ❤
#DownsSyndrome #DS #love

[Scribbles and Baby 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇵🇱🇬🇧 @LockdownBabyT21]

@EmilioLees Couldn't agree more.
Last week, I told a nurse my name but within seconds she'd called me 'Mum'. I introduced myself again & explicitly asked her *not to call me 'Mum'*. She did it 5 more times within 30 minutes.
It triggers my PTSD from 2 months of awful treatment in NICU.

[Emily Price (she/her) @EmilioLees]

My name is not "Mum". Had my first experience with this today with a health professional and it felt dehumanising. Professionals, plase use the parent/carer's actual name #SEND #disability #autism #NHS #SLT

[Scribbles and Baby 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇵🇱🇬🇧 @LockdownBabyT21]

A blog about *that* poem by Perl Kingsley.
#DownsSyndrome #DS #prejudice #SEND #WelcomeToHolland #DownSyndrome #gratitude

https://t.co/oGoe0nYKhJ

[Scribbles and Baby 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇵🇱🇬🇧 @LockdownBabyT21]

'There's nothing wrong with Holland' A blog about why I struggle with THAT poem.
https://t.co/oGoe0nYKhJ

[Scribbles and Baby 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇵🇱🇬🇧 @LockdownBabyT21]

@gfreeman2012 @dorsetsbl @hutchywraggs Thanks so much for this.

[Scribbles and Baby 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇵🇱🇬🇧 @LockdownBabyT21]

@doc_bipolar Take care. I'm sorry that you've been made to feel that way. I didn't feel that your post was critical but even if it had been, there's nothing wrong with that.

Constructive criticism is a really useful tool for development but all too often defensiveness gets in the way.

[Scribbles and Baby 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇵🇱🇬🇧 @LockdownBabyT21]

@doc_bipolar Being called 'Mum' by professionals triggers my PTSD (stemming from 59 awful days in NICU, when 'Mum' was used to degrade/dismiss).
Yesterday, I was called 'Mum' by a nurse. I gave my name & asked for her not to call me Mum.
5 more times in 30 mins she did so.
0 effort made.