Hey everyone! In this blog I’m taking it back to when Oakley first came home with us. The first night at home was very hard for us as parents. I felt like a 1st time mum again. Having a child with additional needs is a totally different experience. I had to keep saying to myself ‘the doctors have checked him over he’s ok’ but my gut was telling me that he wasn’t ok.

A few days went by and my mum had to leave to go back to Brighton. I felt like my heart had broken again. My mum being up north with me was my safety blanket. My sister was born disabled and is doing amazing, she has 2 children of her own. My parents struggled and I remember my mum living in hospital for a long time. I lived with my aunty as my dad was playing professional football at the time. But I felt like my mum knew what she was doing and looking out for us. When it was time to say goodbye to her I sobbed for about an hour. Siennah was distraught, the house felt a bit empty as my mum was holding my family together. The atmosphere just wasn’t the same, I needed my mum.