Brilliant day today! Lily was given the opportunity yesterday to eat in the dining hall with everybody else, a situation that she may find uncomfortable, given her sensory issues.. what with all the noise, and... people...
But big mean Mummy wouldn't let her be lost to the fray, Mummy insisted she be allowed in with the normals.. partly because she needs to be able to cope with those situations if she's to stay in mainstream education.. partly because I don't like the fact she's apart from everyone so much, so many things let everyone know shes "diffent"..
Mostly because I know she can do it. When I suggested it, there was umming and ahhing, and a reminder of why she eats in a separate room (because she went a while with only eating one thing off her plate).. but Mummy insisted a trial, and so it was that Lily, little spontaneous minion that she is, dined with a room full of people. Chattering, clinking, noise in abundance. She ate everything (except the potatoes, she doesn't like those and never has.. but a note was made that she left them, we mustn't have completely clear first try...)
Mummy had insisted this happened at least once a week, in the view it would increase over time so she could be with her peers.
Today, Lily wanted to go dine in the hall again, much to staffs surprise. Lily says she wants to eat in there every day. I know. She told me 4 times on the way from school to car this afternoon.
Cue one triumphant Mummy. One very, very proud Mummy.
Also, Lily got an achievement! A rarely bestowed SuperStar for Math. She independently managed 4 digit addition, something like 4321+3425 on her own.
That's my girl!
(I'm beaming, can you tell just a little?)
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