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WIN! Family tickets to In the Night Garden LIVE (worth £70)!

May 13, 2013 at 21:12

Mama Lewis

May and Ieuan are OBSESSED with In the Night Garden. Ieuan wakes up in the morning to ask for his “SHOW!” and goes to sleep the same way. (We are a pro-TV household.) Ieuan learned to touch his nose from the Tombliboos and blow kisses from Upsy Daisy. And when the show begins, at the first [...]

This week I’m… using an iPad?

March 17, 2013 at 14:29

Mama Lewis

May wants an iPad. It’s not because she thinks I deserve to watch more movies. (Though that’s a bonus.) She wants an iPad because it may be the first piece of equipment that really helps her learn to see. May has Cortical Visual Impairment (AKA Cerebral Visual Impairment). CVI is the brain damage that stops [...]

Christmas greetings from May!

December 26, 2012 at 22:51

Mama Lewis

Last year, this time we were in California with May. What seemed like an ideal Christmas – my family, sunshine, 20 pools within a five minute walk of my bedroom – turned into a nightmare with May jet-lagged and teething. She was in excruciating pain. She wouldn’t eat for over a week. Finally, in week [...]

The very best, something for everyone, special needs gift guide!

December 9, 2012 at 22:33

Mama Lewis

Give me toys! says May

Want the perfect gift for your special needs child? Want to see if your toy suggestion made the shortlist? It probably did – so thank you to everyone who contributed! Click here to see: The VERY BEST, SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, SPECIAL NEEDS Gift Guide British? Click on this one: 15 perfect gifts for children with [...]

On the search for amazing toys for special needs kiddies!

December 2, 2012 at 22:01

Mama Lewis

May, 1 1/2 years old, plays on some scrunchy (cheap) foil she still loves

What is your child’s favorite toy? On the BabyCenter Blog, I’ve asked readers to send in suggestions for a Special Needs Holiday Gift Guide. I want every kid to get what they want this year! (Also, I want to play with all the toys myself, but that doesn’t seem as likely.) My sister – the [...]