Progress

Why does Cotton have language explosions in the summer? It is so weird but the sentences, yes, I said sentences are just pouring out of him. (okay so they are not perfectly grammatical, but they get the point across.) If his articulation was better, he would be a pretty verbal kid. We have also seen the manifestation of a lot of scripting. He has never really done this before, but I think this is also a leap forward. Of course at this point Landon has to translate the scripts for him, because he knows all the cartoon catch phrases lol. But he is even starting to use those somewhat appropriately, for example when breakfast is ready he will say "Sid it's breakfast time!"

The only hard part about this, and I have talked a little about it before, is Cotton on meds, vs. Cotton off meds. Cotton on meds. can do a LOT more, but he says a lot less. Cotton off meds, can say so much more, but can focus and do so much less. We are going back to the doctor, and hoping to find a balance, I just don't know if there is one, but I am really hoping so. Either way it is always good to see how my son continues to grow in communication. At one point they told me if he did not talk by the age of five, it would probably not happen. I remember thinking when he turned five it would all be over, but steadily and gradually he continues to learn.