Day 15 – Language has been the MAJOR issue for us since the
beginning – it’s why you are reading about it again. Baby Girl has been
in language therapy since just after she turned two. There have been
times of slow and steady growth and then other times of “holy moly”
growth. When I stand and look back it is astounding the difference, but
you know that is all relative – she is still pretty far behind. I can
clearly remember the day she strung a whole bunch of words together into a
sentence that expressed a desire and made sense for the first time.
June 6, 2016 was the day and at about 7:53 AM this precious little thing looked
at me on the way out of the door and said, “I need brown baby ride the car with
me.” I stopped dead still, typed it into a note on my phone and then marched
myself back inside to get brown baby ASAP. Let’s be clear here - I would
have crawled through shards of broken glass to get brown baby if it had been
required. That little sentence was BIG. Right now we are in a stage
of exponential growth. This morning while I was eating my breakfast she
asked, “Are you enjoying your meal?” I stopped dead still, typed it into
a note on my phone and then proceeded to enjoy every morsel of that biscuit
with a huge grin on my face. Now I know this came directly from her Lunch
Bunch which doubles as Social Skills Therapy but I do not care that it is learned
language. That is precisely the point – she’s learning how and why words
work and how to use them. So AMEN to that! #30facesofautism
PS -There’s some research out there about Methyl B12 (the
vitamin) and its impact on the brain and language – she takes one chewable tab
a day right now and we have all noticed a difference.
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