Avani diaries

24/12/2022

The art and the artist!!!

My daughter is on Autism Spectrum and she is turning out to be quite an artist!

Here’s presenting two sides of the same coin!

Look at her artwork and look at the troubled expressions while posing with it!!! 😄

It’s as much a post about promoting her art work as it is about Autism Awareness!

17/10/2020

17/10/2020

12/03/2018

So the little girl is a big sister now! Am not sure if she knows that yet but slowly she’s getting fond of the little one in the house. It’s not easy on her, its not easy for any older sibling to accept the sharing of parents and space that was exclusively their domain untill a few months back... its specially difficult for a child who can’t express herself. Her sleep is disturbed, her behaviours have erupted, her attention seeking has shot through the roof but there’s another side to her character that is yet to unfold fully! Am optimistic about it. Because I know the love is bound to bloom when it’s heart to heart ❣So while Avani has managed to scare some others with small kids by being careless in handling their little ones, Jay welcomes his running sister with an innocent smile and curious eyes 😍 ALWAYS 😘

09/08/2017

Posting on the page after a long time! 😘

11/03/2017

So the kindergarten journey is over and real schooling starts!!! Am nervous, excited and apprehensive as Avani looks set for class 1, come April! Good luck my baby and am very very very proud of you! 😘

24/12/2016

Merry Christmas people!! 🎄🎄🎄

In last three years, I haven't missed a single book/stationary fair at Pragati Maidan. Every year, I would walk from stall to stall to find out the best material (books and stationary) to encourage Avani to learn writing. I would pick the most child friendly pencils ✏️ (big grip, small grip, textured grip), the most attractive erasers and sharpners and as many varieties of coloured sheets as possible. We would unwrap them in the most dramatic fashion at home, we would break many and tear a lot, just to get familiar. I would invite Avani with a smile, she would try, I would push, she would cry, we stop until next time... Writing didn't click 😕
In every meeting with Avani's therapists, my short term goal would be to get her to writing. I truly feel the first step towards independence as a literate being is to know how to write your name.
When you are dealing with , giving up is not an option. We kept on trying. Special educators, shadow teacher, mummy kept trying.
First the basic pencil holding, then the standing/sleeping/curve line stroke making, then writing on doted lines and then IT HAPPENED!!! Yeah, one day while practicing, I see my baby makig strokes of capital letters confidently! The writing isn't polished, we still need a lot of practise but its happening! We are using those pencils, erasers and sharpeners and sheets.
Below, Avani is wishing MERRY CHRISTMAS in her hand writing. It's signed by her too in the pink sheet. It may not be a big deal for 'normal' parents, but ask me how much I have waited for this milestone. Thank you my baby, am so proud of you 😘

24/12/2016

In last three years, I haven't missed a single book/stationary fair at Pragati Maidan. Every year, I would walk from stall to stall to find out the best material (books and stationary) to encourage Avani to learn writing. I would pick the most child friendly pencils ✏️ (big grip, small grip, textured grip), the most attractive erasers and sharpners and as many varieties of coloured sheets as possible. We would unwrap them in the most dramatic fashion at home, we would break many and tear a lot, just to get familiar. I would invite Avani with a smile, she would try, I would push, she would cry, we stop until next time... Writing didn't click 😕
In every meeting with Avani's therapists, my short term goal would be to get her to writing. I truly feel the first step towards independence as a literate being is to know how to write your name.
When you are dealing with , giving up is not an option. We kept on trying. Special educators, shadow teacher, mummy kept trying.
First the basic pencil holding, then the standing/sleeping/curve line stroke making, then writing on doted lines and then IT HAPPENED!!! Yeah, one day while practicing, I see my baby makig strokes of capital letters confidently! The writing isn't polished, we still need a lot of practise but its happening! We are using those pencils, erasers and sharpeners and sheets.
Below, Avani is wishing MERRY CHRISTMAS in her hand writing. It's signed by her too in the pink sheet. It may not be a big deal for 'normal' parents, but ask me how much I have waited for this milestone. Thank you my baby, am so proud of you 😘

24/08/2016

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