little miss and her mom
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When I was about 9 or 10 years old, I had watched a movie Chachi 420. It had a song, “Dauda dauda bhaaga bhaaga sa” (it roughly translates to someone who is running around and rushing). Last week I felt the same happening to me. Owing to the constant bouts of cold, Little Miss had…
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Saturday was Annual Sports Day at Little Miss’s school. Children from all the branches of her school were participating and I too, feeling very brave and slightly anxious, registered her name. We have spent so much time keeping her way from crowded places and gatherings to protect her from the sensory issues that every event…
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The advent of cold weather always brings with itself the usual gifts of runny nose, cold, cough and sometimes fever too. However hard we try to avoid these pre-packaged gifts, taking help of homoeopathy, allopathy, ayurveda, dadi-nani ke nuskhe, they sneak into the house and then make themselves at home. In our home, cold usually…
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This year, Diwali and Little Miss’s birthday fell on the same day. I would have preferred both being on different days but well, the calendar is not made by me. And anyway, just like past few years there was a big confusion on when is Diwali. This confusion led to husband’s office being open on…
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Navratri went by two weeks ago and Diwali is less than a week away. The season of festivals is here and I find this time very joyous. Navratri is celebrated with worship of Durga in her nine forms, Navadurga, and also by playing garba. Navratri is a kaleidoscope of colours, with a different colour hue…
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When you’re parenting a child with special needs, you live in a world of extremes. You’re constantly toggling between intense advocacy and quiet moments of joy, between deep worry and deep, unexpected humor. We often feel this pressure to be “strong” or “grateful,” as if acknowledging the hard parts invalidates the good parts. The truth…
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Recently, I have enrolled Little Miss in fitness classes. She has to attend the classes three times a week. The first day I was quite apprehensive because it had been a long time since she had done any exercise. First session was indeed tough for her; she was quite uncooperative at first but slowly started…
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Last week I went shopping for my Little Miss; she needed ethnic dress for celebration at school. I bought a lovely little cotton kurta and trousers for her. And her smile of approval on seeing the suit told me that she liked it too. There were so many choices of suits for her that I…
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Finding the right therapist is pivotal to the growth and development of special needs children.
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A few days ago, we had our first ever parent teacher meeting at the school. We were there to discuss the progress shown by my Little Miss and the challenges faced at school along with the plan for next month. First two weeks were particularly difficult for her as she was not used to having…