One of my personal challenges is understanding how Deane will go from the language delayed place he communicates in now to a fully coversational place. His challenges have taught me how nuanced and confusing our language is. However, he has surprised me with a few things recently.
1. He started using articles. Speech therapists often teach "I want..." to get a back and forth exchange over an activity and teach a child how to express their needs. Deane has suddenly started adding articles, for example "I want A banana". No one taught him this. He is extrememly echoic (repeats everything back to you), but this signifies that he is modeling a general language concept....very exciting to this mama!
2. As we crossed the bridge into Muscatine, I said, "Deane, do you see the bridge?". He said "That's crazy". Where did that come from? I love bridges and I've appreciated that he seems interested too, but this comments just caught me off guard.
3. As a precursor to trying potty training again, I encourage him to tell "Mom, I pooped" when he does. I'm trying to find out how aware he is of it. I know that sounds nuts, but for Deane it's not really a problem to run around in a poopy diaper. Last night, I knew he had so I said "Did you poop? What do you say? Mom..." and he said "is poop". I clarified several times and he said "Mom is poop" everytime with a great big smile. He was teasing me and as strange as it is to be happy about being called poop, I've told several people already :)
We'll get there....
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