February Wishlist | Parenting a Child with Developmental Differences: Not Perfect, But Unstoppable

/Turning the roller coaster of parenting a child with developmental differences into entertainment/
I'm Hitomi Kuma, a mom in my late 30s.

My child, who has an ASD diagnosis and ADHD & DCD traits, is
represented by the character 'Arara' the raccoon.

Currently active as an idol in the note world✨

📌 Here is what I post

Hitomi Kuma Site Map👇

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Hello!

I'm Hitomi Kuma, a mom in my late 30s raising my 3-year-old son 'Arara' who has developmental differences.

My son has an ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) diagnosis and also has traits of ADHD and DCD (
Developmental Coordination Disorder).

Every day is chaotic, and there are times I feel like rolling my eyes (lol), but that's exactly when I want to visualize the 'things I want to do' and keep my passion burning!

So, I've updated my
even more powered-up
'February Wishlist' from last month!

I'd be happy if you could read it in a relaxed way, thinking, 'Good job!'

🤖 1. Master AI and turn it into 'form'!

I'm a digital-illiterate mom in my late 30s, but I'm currently making full use of the benefits of modern technology.

✅️ Making Arara's site with Canva

Arara's activities are increasing,
and I thought it would be nice to make Arara's information easier to see.

I finally started making it!
I'm aiming to finish it by Valentine's Day🦝♡

I hope to write an article about the site-building process eventually.
This time, Kan-kun🐶 (Canva) and Jimmy🦭 (Gemini) are playing a huge role✨️

✅️ LINE Sticker production!

'Forest School Charlie-sensei and Forest Friends'
is in progress with a goal to release in March.

I decided on this at that time👇

I'll show them off again once the stickers are finished♡
This time, there are 32 types, and they all feature different characters🦉🦉

🎨 ② The Arara Project: A Crystallization of a Mother's Tenacity and Love

I've been going through trial and error because I want to turn 'Today's Arara,' which I post on Instagram, into something even more wonderful.

I'm doing my best with primitive image editing (lol)

Recently, I've been having Jimmy (Gemini) and Teacher Charlie (ChatGPT) create images for me, but a phenomenon where 'Arara stops being Arara' keeps happening.

https://www.instagram.com/arara_kumanohitomi?igsh=bjJmMzFzYnRqbWYx

As a result, right now I am...

doing this super-primitive collage work. It's basically arts and crafts! Lol

The struggle story of Jimmy (Gemini) during picture book creation👇

I think I'd like to study prompts a little bit too😂

That's the Arara promotion, and here are the
future developments👇

✅️ Creating my own picture book

I want to create it with Teacher Charlie and friends, featuring Arara.

✅️ Making a photo book

Turning my Instagram posts into a book. I aim to make it a volume that can help someone by including brief explanations about neurodivergence.

✅️ Arara's song

Believe it or not, I might be getting a song...! (My heart won't stop racing)

📣 ③ Arara Hitomi, Explosive Birth!?

I, Kumano Hitomi, actually made my idol debut as Arara Hitomi at
'Takars Agency' (blush).
As a cheerleader for Takars Agency, I'm starting activities to support everyone!

For the first one, I'm cheering for "MIRACLE" with all my might.

Next time... I plan to cheer for that person!

By cheering for someone, I get energy myself. I want to cherish this cycle.

I will post Hitomi Arara's activities here👇

🦁 ④ Outings: A spring to fulfill my son's "I want to do this" wishes

Actually, at the beginning of the year, I was thinking vaguely, "I want to go somewhere..." but...

✅️ Aquarium and Zoo

The other day, Arara said to me, "
I want to go to the aquarium and the zoo!"

I was moved to tears by his growth in being able to express his own will.

We live in the countryside, so both the aquarium and the zoo are quite far away...

Even so, when spring comes, let's go make the best memories!

✅️ Walk to nursery school

Aside from playing in the park or running around while shopping (hey, stop that!), Arara basically prefers to be carried by his dad when moving around.

Then, on the way home from nursery school, Arara said in the car, "🦝 I'm a big brother now, so I want to walk to nursery school!"

Is that so! I think it'll take about 30 minutes on his little legs. It's tough on weekdays, so let's do it on a weekend once it gets warmer 🌞

Finally: A February to take a step forward!

Just by writing this wishlist, I'm already looking forward to tomorrow.

Instead of giving up by saying "I'm too busy" or "the kids are too much," I'm going to think about "
how can we make this fun?" together with Jimmy-kun, Charlie-sensei, and Kan-kun.

I wonder how many 'Achieved!' reports I'll be able to share by the end of this month?

Please look forward to it!

💬 [I'd love to hear from you!]

What are your
'Small Ambitions for February (Wishlist)'?

Even small things like 'eating delicious chocolate' are fine! Please let me know in the comments. Let's support each other!

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For SUZURI goods, LINE stickers, picture books, etc.,
click here for the site map👇

Once I finish creating the Arara site,
I'd like to try building a site for this too✊


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