Young Mum

Hi there @Stone90, I'm so sorry you've had to join our club, but welcome. I was 57 (now 64) when I was diagnosed and so had no small children, but I did have a grandson aged 15 months with whom I spent a lot of time, including many sleepovers. I made craft our thing...lots of sticker and colouring and water painting activity. Threading beads, (under very close observation...I counted out twenty and made sure all were accounted for and safely put away). The craft and activity of my local $2 shop had plenty of interesting bits and pieces too, like coloured pipe cleaners (make animal figures, bracelets etc, coloured sticks and wooden spatulas, little pompoms craft glue and so on. He's seven and a half now and has a sister almost four and I'm still the Craft Granny. My son and DIL bought a low kiddies' table and chairs to put next to the sofa and that's where we spent much time as I was very much limited to doing any busy play. Gather your troops and perhaps ask one good organised friend or family member to organise the others. Take any offers of childcare, fetching and carrying, cooking, housework that are offered. Now isn't the time to be the Domestic Goddess doing it all, now is the time to lean on your loved ones and allow them to step up to the plate and shine. Once the ball gets rolling in the public system (after the Christmas exodus of staff), you'll have your days filled with this, that and the next appointment. I wish you the very best for our treatment, and we're all here for you to share, vent or cry...we all get it.