I just wish I could see what is in that little brain?! The way he sees the world is just so completely different than the rest of us, and I mean that in a nice way. The more he can communicate the more I realize why it is so hard for him to do so. It took me two days to figure out that "circle W" was his new obsession "Wonderpets" and in case you are wondering how those two relate, look on the Wonderpet,s capes. It gets even more cryptic, a few weeks ago he came to me pointing to his eye and saying ACA (Ladon's old school), he was very persistent, and so eventually we figured out he had an ear infection. Landon had pink eye (for about a month) and I would put eye drops in his eye while wearing his ACA shirt, sooo Cotton wanted drops for his ear to make it feel better.... duuuh:) Speaking of eyes, he totally does not understand the use of "I" he only sees it as "eye," and is confused as to why I want him to say it in front of everything. On his talker he has the word "I" on the homepage, but he insist on going three screens over to body parts, and pushing the "eye" key, so it reads "eye want to jump, sleep" (are you catching on yet? I want to jump on the bed).
So last night we went to a friends birthday party at the pool. This morning he wakes up and says "Happy Birthday, Wonderpets, yours (which means mine) pool. Pretty sure we will have his 7th birthday party at the pool this year.... circle W.
2 comments:
Wow, that is really fascinating. Especially about using the "eye" symbol on his talker.
It helps me understand why my boys don't seem to understand so many things I say, even when they are familiar.
Brendan has a big Wonder Pets thing, too. Sometimes he'll sing the longest string of syllables, and then I'll finally recognize "what's going to work? Teamwork!"
I am so impressed with all the communicating Cotton does.
That is amazing, I love seeing how they see the world. Do you know what I think is the best, though? He is persistent. That is such a wonderful thing!
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