Category: Family

Kenzie is a fan of fairs, theme parks, and adrenaline-filled activities. As he gets older, his cochlear implant is allowing him to adapt to the sounds in these environments. He’s also becoming more familiarized with...

We visited London during half-term and booked a speedboat experience. Isaac has started to love London as much as I do. We also visited Covent Garden and the Natural History Museum over the summer. I worry...

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) renewal time is upon us. Bah, humbug! I’m not sure what my least favorite thing to do is, but filling out that massive form. Sybil is a superstar, and we tell that to...

There’s nothing that our family enjoys more than spending time with friends and family, eating special food, and snuggling up together on the cold winter night. Charlotte and I love the chaos, but we make...

Before Lucas came into my life, I never gave sign language a lot of thought. I was aware that sign language existed, but I had never encountered a deaf person. Sign language existed on the...

Sign or not sign? The question is: To sign or not to sign? Families affected by deafness seem to be divided on this question. Some families feel that total communication is the best way to go, while others...

Just returned from a two-week holiday in Hurghada, Egypt. Kenzie was great and didn’t seem to mind the six-hour journey. He was happy to color and play with his books and never complained about the noise. We...

We called my grandmother and our parents first when we found out Olivia had deafness. We asked them to tell the rest of our family the news as we found it difficult to deal with...

“We are very proud grandparents of the beautiful Freddie. We’re currently wrapping up a two-week trip to visit him and his mummy. It’s hard to be so far from them, but we have been lucky...

You will have seen that Kenzie is a big fan of swimming if you’ve read my previous blogs. He is a water baby. He loves to splash around in the water. This month, he was finally...