Talking Brix Autistic communication

Use one Brix for personal reminders, or attach as many as you like, creating simple, scalable communication grids. Talking Brix are thin, light communicators with built-in magnets, perfect for carrying in a pocket, or placing around the room! For table-top users, Talking Brix use an ingenious tab and slot connector to link to other Brix.

Create multi-message communicators in any arrangement you like. Straight-line layouts reinforce sequential communication or linear learning activities. L-shape and other layouts allow users to create communication grids that meet their unique physical needs. At a cost-conscious price, one, two, three or more messages.

Each pack of 3 Talking Brix includes 1 each in Red, Blue, and Green.
Dimensions: 2.56" x 2.56" x 0.6" (L x W x H)
Activation Area: 1.8"

Talking Brix feature:

• Connectable devices for customizable layouts
• Easy single-message recording on each Brix
• 10 seconds of recording time Power on/off switch

10 seconds of recording timePower on/off switch

• Rechargeable battery (built-in)
• 1.8" Activation area
• Free Snap Switch Cap included

Items like this are brilliant for autistic children or those with no speech little steps it opens up the whole world to autistic children its about setting achievable target.

Sanex Zero review and giveaway

A repost but I didn't have the prize to giveaway at the time !!

I was sent the  Sanex Zero sensitive and Sanex dry shower gels for review. I have sensitive skin myself as does J and Mr T as well. I had just been using the free shower gels you get in hotels, and the one I had been using recently was from a very expensive hotel £300 a day , which was the stay and not the price of the gel!  . So you would have thought that such a hotel would have used some quality shower gel!. It left me with a rash around the neck!.

Immediately I got the shower gel I rushed off to use it don't worry there wasn't a trail of clothes as as I rushed up the stairs i wouldn't want to leave you with that mental image to scar you forever!

The one that I tried was the Sanex Zero sensitive shower gel. there is no fragrance is just a clear gel that is kind to the kind. And its no that sort of shower gel that slips over your finger s just as you are about to apply it to yourself. I noticed within minutes that the area of irritatation I had around my neck was beginning to calm down, along with following the below tips for Sanex and using their shower gel, I am sure it will disappear completely.

Surviving winter with Sanex Zero%

Many of us take our skin for granted forgetting that it is a living, breathing organ. Understanding how best to look after your skin will help keep it healthy, conditioned and looking good.

With this winter set to be the coldest in recent years, you’ll notice a difference in your skin as the season changes. Skin will begin to dry and feel uncomfortable and itchy. Worse still, it’s a minefield when picking the best skin-care products that contain ‘no nasties’.

To help combat this, Sanex, the healthy skin expert, has five top tips to beat the winter blues and keep your skin looking and feeling great:

1. Keep your skin hydrated from within by drinking lots of water throughout the day. Herbal tea is also great when it’s really cold, and will help your skin maintain a healthy glow
2. It’s important to exfoliate your skin even in the winter months. A good body brush can help remove dead skin cells and improve circulation
3. It’s tempting to shower in hot water when it’s cold outside but in fact, you’ll dehydrate your skin even more! Use hydrating shower gels like new Sanex Zero% designed to work with your skin’s natural processes to offer: protection, moisturisation and pH balance
4. Lips become easily chapped during winter, so important not to neglect them. Soften them up with a lip balm that contains good moisturising properties and vitamin E
5. Just because summer is over, it’s still important to protect your skin from UV rays. Apply a sunscreen with at least an SPF 15 or more to protect your skin 

The new range of bath and shower products from Sanex minimise chemical ingredients and maximise benefits to the body’s largest organ - our skin.
To launch the new Sanex Zero% shower and bath range, ‘living sculptures’ performed on London’s South Bank. The performance was held to encourage people to think twice about using unnecessary chemicals on their bodies:

The new Sanex Zero% range contains:

• 0% Parabens
• 0% Colorants
• 0% Phthalates
• 0% Phenoxyethanol

Its biodegradable formulation is also proven to be better for the environment and has been awarded the European Eco Flower. This means that Sanex Zero%:
- Has a minimal impact on aquatic ecosystems
- Fulfils strict biodegradability criteria

Sanex Zero% is available in the following variants:

Normal skin, dry skin and sensitive skin RRP £1.89, 250ml

Also available: Sanex Zero% foam bath for normal skin RRP £3.19, 650ml

The Sanex Zero% range is dermatologically tested and proven to keep skin healthy.

 

The super folks over at Sanex have kindly donated a set of Zero% shower gels (1 x normal skin, 1 x dry skin & 1 x sensitive skin) to give away to one lucky winner. Thank you to Sanex for providing the prize for this giveaway.

To enter the giveaway:

Follow my blog via Google Friend Connect and leave me a comment below with a means of contacting you.

For one bonus entry

• Follow me on twitter @needaphone and tweet:"I am showering @needaphone with compliments over at http://ninjakillercat.blogspot.com/ " Leave me a comment to say that you have.

PLEASE LEAVE A SEPARATE COMMENT FOR EACH ENTRY ELSE THEY WILL NOT BE COUNTED.

There are a maximum of two entries per person. Giveaway closes at Midnight (BST) on 25th  November. UK entries only please. Winner will be chosen from all eligible entries using random.org.

Good luck!

The prizes were given for the purpose of this review & Sanex have kindly donated the prize for this giveaway. No other reward, financial or otherwise, was received in exchange for this post. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.

Hotter shoe review

When you are ordering shoes or clothes online is like the lottery you never know if you are going to strike lucky. Especially as, like me when you are in a shoe shop trying them on, I struggle to find that fir me perfectly as one of my feet is a size 7 and one is a 7 1/2 , I need wide shoes and some shoes are wider than other they basically vary from shop to shop. and some brands seem to use bigger sizes than others. But when I was contacted and given the opportunity of receiving a pair of Hotter Shoes for review, I jumped for joy and skipped around the room in anticipation camping myself by the front door waiting for them


First of all, I had a really good look around on their website to choose a pair. There are many styles even boots that are similar to those famous boots from Australia that all the teens and yummy mummy's wear. Well these look even better , however I chose the Penny model, which is perfect for work I opted for the "extra wide fitting" and the shoes are definitely "comfort concept".

Feel confident in Hotter's newest buckle shoe, Penny. So stylish and light it's soft and flexible to wear with a stipple tread for better grip in the winter months. Coordinates perfectly with jackets or skirts of any length.

*Soft casual leather
*Fresh perforated insole
*Flattering wedge heel
*Buckle Fastening
*Heel height: 23mm, 1 inch
*Removable insoles

The website is easy to use and you will have no trouble finding the shoes or boots you are looking for.

They arrive well packaged inside a shoebox within another cardboard box. 

The shoes have a squishy cushion inside it liking walking on air, I have never owned a pair of shoes like this before. I usually have to break shoes in , these are heaven. They are ideal for a teaching assistant like me who is on their feet all day going on bear hunts, running round the playground and playing hide and seek.

So I feel like I have won the lottery wearing these shoes , I love them and I will definitely be going back and ordering some more.

They are so comfortable I forgot to take them off. The cushioned insole supports are so comfortable you forget you've got them on and Mr T tells me to take them off. The style of the shoe suits all occasions whether you are dressing up or dressing down, step out in style!.

Hotter Shoes also offer a 100% Happy Guarantee, whereby you can return or exchange shoes that don't fit or that you decide you don't like. You will spend a pretty Penny buying them but again quality costs and your feet are so worth it, and they will really stand up to the punish your feet go through.

And if anyone stops me and says "Wow where did you get those shoes from " I can Show them.....

The shoes has the web address on it just in case you forget where you ordered them from.

Disclosure ( I was sent these shoes for review) 

Only Child... must be a spoilt brat then!

I am an only child, my son is a only child and guess what my mum was an only child. Yet my husband is one of 7 and he is the youngest.

My husbands' One Sister and his four brothers.

The photo above doesn't show my husband and his other brother they were yet to be born. So I have one child does that really matter I have still haven't got past the stage of people asking me. And people I work with are having babies every two minutes. i don't have a longing to create the Von Trapp family I am happy with what I have got and that is that. I don't have to justify myself to society 2.4 children, neither do I long for a girl and if you read all the papers at the moment that means I wasn't stressed when I conceived etc, I must have been relaxed I had a boy!. I like children after all I work with them but I don't have the urge to go and create again not thats me done. 

• So my child does not have poor social skiils he's a bit quiet but he's not Captain of the Rugby team for nothing.

• Academically he is a the top of his year group despite being a slow starter due to Glue ear and other medical conditions.

• Just because my child doesn't have  have that peer interaction at home with siblings, he still  gets a lot of opportunities to develop social skills at school. I know this as I have just paid £1300 for various trips next year. And he is a member of every club going!
  
  

So I am happy with my lot and my life I have my family and that is all the matters.

School Costs how much?

A repost of an old post but I love recycling!

What price do you put on education if you go to a state school. There is the constant demands from an early age for trip money. If you do not pay your child will suffer blah blah. Now this is hard enough in this economic climate if you have one child but one if you have more the pressures are even greater. Now J my son is a truly able sportsman

Now its been a constant ask all through his school life so far for trips,charity , school PGL but I was not prepared for the shook of the cost of senior school. Now J does not go to private school just a academy school but it s like private school. For the off there was trip after trip  first skiing, then cricket , three lots of rugby, singing . Now I am pleased my son is talented I really am but I felt the need to draw the line somewhere so I said NO to the rugby tour. He was a little crestfallen but he got on with his life, We all have to make sacrifices in this world.

Then came the school sports award night. J had already won various certifaces for academic achievement being best in his class etc glowing report etc. Model child, etc not stereo typical of Only
child syndrome. Well on the night he picked up award after award culminating in the sports personality of the year. Basically the teacher said if there was a tiddlywinks team he's be in . Now faced which this pride how could I refuse to NOT send him on the rugby tour. So another cost for me so far these trips total up as £750 for skiing, £120 for cricket, £350 for rugby not to mention £50 for another rugby trip ,£25 for singing trip and another £25 for another rugby trip . I try not to  add it up, knowing it is such a scary amount. And all this is before spending money, clothes etc. This is where i cam e up with a plan to sell stuff on that internet auction site. Good opportunity to clear out etc and help pay for all these trips. First up was Mr T's organ he didn't use it any more , it was just there gathering dust. I know it was hard but I just had to let it go.....

There you've seen it Mr T's organ, also I started selling his train set as well. All little amounts help, the school were puzzled as I started paying off these little amounts and indeed ring to ask me was this right. You do what you have to do so your child has a better life etc, but at what cost.?