Visiting the dentist with Nasir has always been a challenge. In New Zealand, children have free dental check-ups with Bee Healthy from age two until they turn 18. Nasir’s first appointment was actually the easiest for me because he was too young to understand what was happening. He just went along with it. But as…
I have absolutely no idea how Speech and Language Therapy was run in a pre-Covid-19 world, but let me tell you, post-Covid-19 was not as I expected it to be. Of course, throughout lockdowns, it was all on me as was any of the work when Nasir was at home. I had thought that there…
I remember Nasir’s first proper word; Poppy! This, of course was outside of the standard “Mama” or “Dada”. He was about 2, loved watching Trolls, and he turned around from his seat in front of me and said POPPY! I can’t tell you how monumental it felt and how joyous I was. Wait… There’s A…