How To Make Road Trips With Kids Fun
And then there were four | tales from the land of adoption
by Emma Sutton
3y ago
Google maps tells me the trip to Devon takes five hours. HA! Never in a month of traffic jams. Sixteen trips tells me that five hours is hopelessly optimistic regardless of how fast we drive on the clear sections of the motorway. Nine hours is far more likely. That’s a long time for anyone, nevermind ..read more
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How To Stay Sane #Lockdown 1
And then there were four | tales from the land of adoption
by Emma Sutton
3y ago
Home schooling. Working from home. Managing change in a hugely uncertain time with no end in sight. Not the easiest To Do list for anyone, but as a parent, particularly of traumatised children, it is rock hard with screams on. Your To Do list starts with YOU. No really. It does. Your #1 priority is ..read more
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How to Navigate Transitionitis
And then there were four | tales from the land of adoption
by Emma Sutton
3y ago
July is a rock hard month. Every year. The end-of-term routines are chaotic, unpredictable and with all the changes ahead, children often feel adrift. They are overwhelmed and dysregulate at levels unprecedented in the other eleven months of the year. Whilst we haven’t found a magic wand, there are some things we focus on to ..read more
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End of Term Problems
And then there were four | tales from the land of adoption
by Emma Sutton
3y ago
‘Time to turn off the television/ tablet‘ you say in your best sing-song voice. ‘Yes Mummy/ Daddy‘ your child replies gleefully as they turn it off and skip to you for a hug. For many of us the above is a fictional account of what happens, because… Change is a shock. There are little changes ..read more
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Tummy Time
And then there were four | tales from the land of adoption
by Emma Sutton
3y ago
After all the interest in my blog “Neglect at their Core“, I thought I’d write a blog specifically on Tummy Time – because not just any “lying on their tummy” time will do. The technique is important, so here is some specific advice to help you and your child develop their core neck and shoulder ..read more
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Neglect At Their Core
And then there were four | tales from the land of adoption
by Emma Sutton
3y ago
Bubbles is watching TV. Sitting – but not sitting. She starts on her hands and knees Seconds later, she tucks her bottom in and sits on her legs She wriggles and moves her legs from under her She sits with one leg on, one leg dangling off the sofa Then she’s sits cross-legged She moves ..read more
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Fight or Flight?
And then there were four | tales from the land of adoption
by Emma Sutton
3y ago
When you are stressed, your body creates a number of automatic reactions, over which you have little control. What used to be known as the fight or flight response can also include freeze and flop. But my children stick to the original line-up. Flight Bubbles reacts with Flight. When her emotions, when her world becomes ..read more
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High-Energy Breathing Games for Regulation
And then there were four | tales from the land of adoption
by Emma Sutton
3y ago
I’ve read that you can calm an agitated nervous system with an out-breath that’s twice as long as your in-breath. That sounds simple enough. But is it? A slower breath can help our children (and adults when our buttons gets pressed) to regulate, or stay in control. (Read my blog on Regulation for more information ..read more
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Regulation and Dysregulation
And then there were four | tales from the land of adoption
by Emma Sutton
3y ago
A few years ago I neither knew the word dysregulation nor did I use it frequently when answering my husband’s ‘how was today?’ question. Yet as I began to learn about adoption, trauma and what drives behaviour, these words crept into my vocabularly, helping me to express my experiences as a mum. But it turns ..read more
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Adoption Myths: They Won’t Remember
And then there were four | tales from the land of adoption
by Emma Sutton
3y ago
It is tempting to imagine that a child adopted at a young age will not remember the trauma or neglect they experienced. It’s something well-meaning friends and family might say to adopters when they are cradling a small child in their arms ‘They won’t remember’. The idea is superficially true – young babies and toddlers ..read more
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