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About BobbyBunny

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  • Birthday 08/05/1988

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    Under your sofa!
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    looking after Bobby, reading, housework, cooking, walking, music, movies
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    Washing Clothes! haha
  1. Only one person can claim carer's allowance for one person, if that makes sense? Your partner can claim income support for the both of you though
  2. My three year old shares a bed with us whenever she's ill. It's fine, don't worry
  3. Does it say no help? Sorry, I've never seen an adult DLA form, only a childs. In there it says how far can you walk when using the equipment you use on a day to day basis i.e a prosthesis, crutches, walking frame. I totally understand where you are coming from and apologise if my last comment came across as harsh, it really wasn't intended that way. There's no need to get defensive - all the people in this part of the forum have problems of their own, and telling them to walk a mile in your shoe is a bit harsh - like me telling you to try and walk a step with my daughters legs - basically you've got more chance of riding a three legged unicorn over a rainbow Anyway, I hope your appeal goes well. Did you go to citizens advice? They offer free representation when appealing. The system is totally messed up unfortunately and the reviews they're doing now are just making it all worse
  4. That's it though, as harsh as it sounds its not about whether or not you can walk, you can move yourself around in your own way which, although not walking, is still moving yourself around. It's crazy how it works but if you can get from a to b using aids such as a prosthetic leg, walking frame, or sticks/crutches, then they will say you are not entitled to it.
  5. We have spoken about direct payments with our social worker. For now we have been awarded respite. One day a month with a link family. To be honest I don't know if it's even worth sending my daughter to this. She has learning difficulties and she'll never get used to going somewhere if she's only going one day a month!
  6. This is not entirely true - we received my daughters award letter today and she has been awarded higher rate care AND mobility - she is paraplegic though and there is no question about whther or not she can walk. To the OP - Definitely appeal your decision, and have a good read of this before you fill anymore forms in.
  7. I tend to do my daughters bit by bit. I am filling the form in by hand and then inputting it all online because there is so much info and inevitably a lot of mistakes, but she has very complex and life threatening health problems so it's a bit different for us!
  8. I haven't read the whole thread ( no time! ) but cloth nappies are great - if you need to save money, using cloth and breastfeeding are the ways forward! Even if you go for the prettier cloth nappies (google WeeNotions or Itti Bitti) your initial outlay will be around £500 - just a quarter of what a child will cost you in disposables from birth to potty training (3 yearsish)
  9. I've found them helpful after hours or at the weekend. Better than rushing to A&E.
  10. Feels like my house is shaking this morning, stupid wind
  11. I can't say I strictly *was* a teenage mother, I was 20 when I gave birth. I know a number of families with children with SB, about 150. There are 1.5 thousand people in the UK with SB. Out of all the families I know, I am the youngest of all the mothers of children with SB. I think perhaps it is "more common" in teenage mothers - or at least WAS more common - I have only ever seen that mentioned in ONE article which was copied and pasted onto a lot of different websites, never anywhere reputable - because they are more likely to have a folic acid deficiency because their pregnancies are very often unplanned. SB generally occurs in pregnancies of women who have a gene which stops their body absorbing folic acid. My pregnancy was planned, I took Folic acid, I just didn't take enough (I took 0.4mg, the reccomended dose for the general population, not knowing at the time I needed a much higher dose, 5mg, recommended for women with FA deficiency or a history of NTDs.)
  12. I was under the impression that having a baby with Down Syndrome is very rare if you are under a certain age, as it's not influenced by diet or environmental factors but the degrading of otherwise healthy eggs in a womans ovaries? I was 19 when I got pregnant (planned and in a stable/financially sound relationship). I am now 22 and have an almost 3 year old daughter who has Spina Bifida. I couldn't possibly have gotten pregnant any younger, but my daughter is still disabled. I haven't read the article but NOT all disabilities are age related.
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