...and some people 'just have' children.

[misscutandstick]

Some people just have children, they get pregnant, have the baby, change a few nappies, teach them to walk, say a few words, send them off to school...

we get pregnant, have the baby, arrange and attend endless appts, fight for assessments, cope with the reports, fight for further appts, have meetings, many of us cope with medical intervention, sleepless nights way past that of being even halfway reasonable. Try this, try that, special diets, special clothing, special equipment, specialist people. Fight for help, fight for help in school, fight for the right school...

and some people just have children...

A mere 5 years since I've worked (other than mystery shopping) and 8 years since the last job interview!

No feathers ruffled here misscutandstick. I knew what you meant. I have 2 NT and 1 SN and I have to say that the SN one has been harder in a lot of ways.

Good luck with the job interview TC!

can I echo what fio said.
it (sometimes) does get easier as they get older.

Yep I'm totally fed up of fighting for things that should be offered without endless chasing.

PP - v. happy for you DD2 got place at school. See you there next week! XXX

misscutandstick, have a glass of chianti! The only thing I would say is that maybe some of us who appear to "just have" children maybe also have issues you don't see as they are behind closed doors?
My children attend mainstream school but ds1 has ADD, ds2 has dyspraxia, ds3 is a stubborn little git and ds4 is a baby. Other people might think we look "normal" but I spend a lot of my time at various appointments or feeling guilty that I have not had ds2 assessed privately when I had ds1 asssessed privately ( can't afford both ) And I am just waiting to see what ds3 and ds4 get diagnosed with it as with 2 older brothers with SENs, what are the odds of them being entirely NT? And all I ever wanted was a little girl who would wear pink and do ballet!