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ARABELLA:

The senses seem to fluctuate. So she would at one time love water. So it would all be about water. She wants to watch water, touch it, feel the surface beneath her fingers, sort of of the water. And then suddenly, that will change. It's like a flick of a switch. Suddenly, water was almost like it was burning her and it was painful.

And other things as well like clothes. At first, when she was a baby, she would never have anything sort of on her top. Trying to swaddle her like you would traditionally swaddle a baby would be impossible. And she always wants her arms free and to not have any fabric on her arms. And the same with socks. (LAUGHING) She hated socks.

So it was just how she felt the world. It was how her skin felt with different surfaces. And it just became something that caused a lot of problems. I mean, in the winter in England, not being clothe your baby is hard. You get a lot of disapproving looks when you go down the street and your kid's sort of-- it's freezing weather, and no socks on and some little tiny top (LAUGHING) and everything.

But she got over various things over time, and life moves on. But you then have to go with the flow with there'll be a new thing. There'll be a new sensory thing that we have to sort of get used to and help her through.