16/09/2014
LATEST SUCCESS STORY:
Tuesday Afternoons with Hamna, by Zeenat Sirkhot
Quite some time ago, I received a phone call from Hamna’s mum enquiring about BabyGym. The first thing I asked her was “how old is your baby?” expecting the usual answer “3- 6 months”, but no, I was told she is 3 years old and Autistic...
We finally began the first lesson, I was scared and didn’t know what to expect. Hamna was hyperactive, jumped around the room, and made an agitated sound. She tried to pull my head scarf off and I had to block my eyes, she would also start to throw herself at her mum, signalling the end of the session. Through this entire time Hamna’s mum was absolutely amazing; she persevered and kept on massaging her. By the 5th week of BabyGym, we were doing ‘Week 3’ of the BabyGym programme and that is where we started to see drastic changes in Hamna’s behaviour. She calmly sat with us on the floor, while we did the exercises, allowing her mum to massage her and to give her different things to ‘taste and smell’. When I walked away from the day’s session I had tears in my eyes; I had never felt so fulfilled in my life; it was the first day Hamna made eye contact with me, she participated so well and she even gave me a greeting hug and kiss.
https://www.babygym.co.za/articles/Success%20Story_Tuesdays%20with%20Hamna.pdf