Saviour Syndrome

I’ve written; deleted and rewritten this post as I know it’s likely going to raise a few eyebrows however today I wanted to open the discussion on public funded versus privately funded Speech & Language Therapists. Whether your SLT is paid by the NHS; Local...

I’m back…

On the 23rd Jan this year Etta Penelope was born at our home and I took a few weeks off before returning to work with a reduced caseload of assessments. Check out that newborn fist bump! Rested and raring to go I’m now back into the swing of things and seeing children...

Honesty really is the best policy

As a sole independent Speech and Language Therapist I am a limited resource. I cover the whole of the UK but live in Caerphilly, South Wales. I have four little ones who’d like me to be at home as much as possible and whilst 99% of my reports are written between...

Never underestimate a mother’s instinct!

Etta is 7 days old ? and whilst the past week has had its fair share of ups and downs my head is beginning to be a little less fuzzy and I couldn’t imagine life without her in a crazy little family! These past 7 days have been an absolute blur with amazing family and...

No of course I’m not working ?

This week my amazing wife demonstrated the insane power of the female body for the fourth time and gave birth, at home in a birthing pool, to our beautiful baby girl Etta Penelope. Now I must admit that when Nia first suggested a home birth (when she was pregnant with...