Just back from the Indian Homeschooling Conference in Khandala. I had taken Nisarga there. Our first major trip, only possible because a friend played a belated Santa Claus and procured for us a second hand framed backpack carrier from Australia (none available in India). This allowed me for the first time to put both Nisarga… Read More »
Today, while in Nisarga’s favorite exercise room, I had Nisarga in a wheelchair, while I turned around and made space for him to sit in the pool of balls (a sensory stimulus exercise he loves). I must have turned my back on him for maybe a minute. Next thing I know, he had fallen head… Read More »
There seems to be no dramatic physical change in Nisarga since starting him on Lioresal Syrup (Baclofen) for his spasticity apart from slightly less stiffness in his legs. It is so slight, that it could also be my desire to see a change more than actual change. However, there are changes on other fronts. His… Read More »
I had been getting a bit pushy with Nisarga’s movement lessons. Needless to say, it was counterproductive. He was getting bored rapidly or cranky. I was getting frustrated at the lack of a breakthrough. So yesterday, I decided to back off (long overdue). I spent time reading about the Feldenkrais Method, reminding myself of what… Read More »
Today is Nisarga’s fourth birthday and it is a day of mixed feelings. On one hand, life is full of affection and small, but real learning. On the other, no matter how much I wish not to measure milestones, it is yet another birthday gone past without Nisarga achieving any dramatic milestones. He sits well… Read More »
God help me! Every time the kid goes out of sight, he is right there at the fridge, with its door open, basking in the cool air. On one hand, I’m thrilled, as always when he learns something new – it is an obvious solution, yes? Hey! It is hot. I know where mom keeps… Read More »
Rofl. Today morning, Nisarga hit some keys on the laptop, and started the camera, which is something even I haven’t figured out. So, we clicked some pictures and made some effects. Here are the results. Some of the better ones, that is. [satellite] He found the graphics of the software and the animation of the… Read More »
It has been a month now, Nisarga is super clingy. We had gone to stay in Virar when my mother-in-law fell ill, and ever since then, he simply won’t let me out of his sight. His medication also doesn’t seem to be working any miracles, and the dystonia is more pronounced. He has increasing trouble… Read More »
To make a long story short, the water storage tank at home overflows when some conditions are met, and those conditions got met today. The result was a big puddle of water in the passage outside the toilet and bathroom. This is the passage. The area before Nisarga, near the tub of washing gets totally… Read More »