Sitting on the sofa last night (and me right there behind him on the computer), the monkey turned around, looked me straight in the eyes and said "I love you mom".
Granted, it was with Michael's prompting and it sounded more like "I waa ew ma", but it was possibly the most amazing thing to ever come out of anyone's mouth.
My reaction is probably counter-productive because every time he says something new, I get all teary eyed and emotional. I'm probably freaking the poor kid out.
I think the best part (other than the entire thing) was that he turned to look me right in the eyes when he said it. Eye contact is a big struggle for us, so the fact that he did it with so little prompting is amazing!
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I imagine it's a little hard for most people to understand how much this meant to me. My son turned three in November and he just started regularly referring to me as "mom" in the last few months. Michael taught him to sign "love" a few months ago & if we sign it first he'll sign it back to us. He does not easily or organically string words together. He does not look directly into your eyes unless he really wants something. Every single new word is a BIG deal around here.
I guess that's something I can thank autism and his speech delay for: no language (spoken or signed) is taken for granted in this house.
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