Category: neurodevelopment

signs of strain

signs of strain

Kia ora friends, The photo accompanying this post was a slightly performative selfie, taken on a Monday morning a few weeks ago, when I was about to deliver a zoom…
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just a little cha-cha

just a little cha-cha

Kia ora friends, For years I had a quote displayed in my bedroom – I can’t completely remember it, but it was about the notion that a step forward followed…
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age old dilemma

age old dilemma

Here it is: I want to be positive. I want to talk about the things that WORK for families, and that are life-enhancing. I don’t want to spend my days…
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sick days, a little craze(d)

Kia ora friends, Little Girl is still unwell – it’s day nine (?)… meanwhile, f you could see the number of open tabs that are squashed along the top of…
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in the news

Kia ora friends, Yesterday, the news was full of this story, concerned about the oral language skills of children arriving in New Zealand’s schools, aged five. Later in the day,…
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a lover, not a fighter

Kia ora fam, I really would like to be allowed to exist for love. Like Aurora. My training and work and research and life all justify my long held pro-mama,…
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on self-forgiveness and sass

on self-forgiveness and sass

Kia ora friends Here we go, 2024. So I’ve employed my dad’s excellent life advice to wait till you’ve had two sleeps after a difficult situation, in order to decide…
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too little too late (too busy!!)

Kia ora friends, The busy is a bit much at the moment. In my life, the hurtling will be somewhat inevitable till we put the thesis to bed, in about…
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Winter at last

Kia ora darlings, Temperatures make a gal say BRRRRR, but the power of love oughta keep her warm. Full disclosure: I am typing this with a heater blowing on my…
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