I’ve been counting down the day till I can tell Teddie he has school tomorrow, he’s asked nearly every day if it’s a school day. 
6 weeks off school is a looooonnnnnggggg time to be off when you have no real concept of why you aren’t at school.

There are a few things I’m really not going to miss when the boys (Teddie) are back at school. Like when you’re taking 5 minutes to yourself in the garden and u hear what every parent dreads……….the sound of the lego box being tipped over!!

Picking lego up should be used as state punishment or classed as a job as its a bloody pain in the arse & takes forever to pick up. There’s always one piece you’ll miss but you need not worry as you’ll find it when u stand on the bastard thing when u sneak into the bedroom check on the child!

Out of the 3 boys, Teddie is actually the only one we didn’t have to keep amused throughout the holiday. He makes his own games up, normally coping whatever he’s watching on YouTube.
He loves nothing more than flitting between rooms like a Tasmania devil leaving wreckage as he goes. I often just sit and watch wondering what is going through his amazing little brain, he’s always so happy in whatever he’s doing.

Every day Teddie has turned the lounge into a soft play area with the cushions off the sofa. All 3 boys think they’re on an all-inclusive holiday & Harvey’s using the house like a hotel, the end is near!

Teddie is super excited about returning back to school. I think he will go straight in without any issues but think the 2nd week in we will see a slight change in him. The realization of school and the routines he has no control over.

Teddie has the same amazing 1:1’s, without them again this year I would be a nervous wreck, I think Teddie would be as well.

This time last year Teddie was about to start school, he could hardly say more than a handful of words fast forward a year & we cannot keep him quiet. He’s made so much progress it’s unreal but I still have the same worries and fears.

The children in his class & school are all so lovely but there is always the worry as the other children get older their understanding of being “different” grows. Teddie has never seen himself as any different from the other kids his age, I’d hate another child to change that.

Alfie said a while ago a new (year3) boy came through to the dining hall with his trousers round his ankles after finishing the toilet. Alfie said Everyone was laughing at him. I really hoped Alfie didn’t laugh as well, he said he didn’t but in the heat of the moment he probably copied everyone else and laughed.
The first thing that crossed my mind when Alfie told me this was this will more than likely be Teddie in a few years.

This boy did what came naturally to him, he sought out help when he needed it,  I’m sure it was more the situation and the surroundings that made the children laugh over his inabilities to pull his trousers up but it still must have been upsetting.
If this was Teddie we would probably laugh with everyone else not fully understanding what they were laughing at.

Laughing and teasing is uncalled for, it can have a real effect on all involved but especially the ones being laughed at.

We all go through things as a child we’d like to forget. I remember one girl always reminding me I had bumps in my hair when it was up in a ponytail. She always had this perfect ponytail, something that I hadn’t ever noticed till she sought out to remind me how imperfect my hair was. It became a constant daily reminder of how awful my hair looked, after a while, I stopped wearing my hair in a ponytail as I began getting really annoyed with my mum for leaving bumps in my hair.

Although this never really had an adverse effect on my life, at the time it made me change how I thought others saw me and how I saw myself, I can only imagine how awful the poor boy felt when most of the dinner hall laughed at him.

If there’s one thing you can teach your children please encourage them to just be kind, let them know that the things they say and do can really hurt others even if they think they are only playing. Explain that all children come in all shapes and sizes & we are all different in our own way.

As Teddie starts yet another chapter in his life, we continue to support him as he finds his way through this world.

We love our Bear and wouldn’t have him any other way.