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Everything Is Funny! Great Milestone!
- Apr 7, 2009 at 11:20 AM
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Lately, Jake has been laughing at EVERYTHING! It's not a tickle your belly laugh, it's that ha-ha-ha -pointing and "laugh-talking" stuff. He also has that face with the squinty eyes and the open mouth laugh... It's pretty silly, but such a great (and on time) milestone!
This
morning I had a few errands to run, so I swung through Dunkin Donuts
for a coffee for me, and a donut for Jake. We turned the corner to the
window, and Jake starts pointing and doing "that laugh". "ha-ha ha-ha
ha-ha - Wiwdow! Adee in wiwdow! ha-ha ha-ha! Funeeee" OK, so
finding the humor with the lady in the driveup window was a bit tricky
for me, but looking at it from Jake's view... the sun was bright, the
window has that mirror finish, so all you could see was bits and pieces
of her moving around in and out of the opening of the drive up window.
Then he mentioned the door on the other side where she must be going in
and out of. Cool! Cognition at work! And what a great opportunity for
conversation!
This may not seem like much of a milestone, but it is. It is a sign of typical 3 yr old cognitive development. I have noticed that Jake has been pointing and laughing like a school kid at a lot of things that aren't really all that funny... but he is seeing humor in them. It is wonderful typical development!! I can't express how comforting this is. My little buddy is developing all the cognitive and physical milestones... on time, and yet, the words are lacking - but they are coming out faster and faster every day! This is a great sign! All worries of Autism are fading more and more everyday. (yes, I do still have twinges of worry because I've seen him "shut-down" a few times in the recent past)
I
am constantly modeling sentences and cognitive ideas for him, and he is
getting it! I recast his words over and over, and add a new word to
make a sentence or two words to make a longer more complete
sentence... he usually repeats back the sentence for confirmation,
then he moves on, but will have more complete sentence structures as
the day progresses. We are having less and less "guessing games"
because his words are getting clearer and he is expanding so much more
on what he sees. It becomes a conversation!
So here is the piece of article from the newsletter I get from
Baby Center/Speech and Language Development -
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all of these little personality changes are saying HUGE things about
our "pre-schoolers".. if you can pay attention to the "non-verbal" cues
and really see who your child is becoming inspite of the language delay, you may find a new connection with your child, and have little worries for their future abilities. I find that I am loosening up and really enjoying my son more these days.. and not stressing over the lack of language. It has given us a whole new relationship! I feel like I am getting my boy back! I'm in love... again!
Comments:
That's wonderful!! Go Jake!!
I so remember those days when I was just in love with my son , not saying that i am not its just like you said, Maybe Kyle is reaching a milestone in his life that I can't quit see yet. He has been saying alot more words . Thanks for the reminder to make him use more when it comes to everyday things using that as a way a communication back with him . He used to laugh like that all the time too . Then it is rare to hear it maybe that is what I miss the most is him just laughing all the time . thanks great job for you and Jake..
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Awesome!! Every age gets better and better, don't they...kids are too much fun!! My first was non-verbal until after 3 (well, a few words....but not really *communicating* with words...but she did communicate other ways and I did try to pay closer attention....thankfully, she has a very talkative 17m younger sister and they both started spilling out sentences about the same time).
Sounds like a great start to your day....glad to hear about a mama enjoying her little one, in spite of the worries and challenges and such. What a wonder of a little guy...I can hear the giggle in my head (my 2.5yo does this...she has TWO older siblings as models right ahead of her...so she thinks she's 5yo!!)
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