Blogging for Liam

Someone suggested once that I keep a diary of Liam's speech progress. At the time I thought it was a great idea and filed it away in my head where it was lost until this afternoon. This afternoon we were playing with a dollhouse that my mom recently purchased for him. He was saying so many things I was having a hard time remembering it all...so I started to make a list to share with Brad and my mom. I know there are a lot of hings he says on a daily basis that I either forget or miss...so "Liam Finds His Voice" was born. He had a speech evaluation last week and there were some questions that my tired postpartum mama brain had a really hard time answering. I hope this helps me to remember and celebrate those little victories for Liam.

When I picked him up from school today we looked at his clown picture (he made it using feathers & cotton balls). I told him that it was beautiful and he did a good job. Spontaneously he exclaimed "What a great picture!"

We came home and he wanted to decompress by watching an episode of Dragon Tales (or Dragons Tales as he refers to it). I put Beckett down for his nap so we could do some playing. we got out the dollhouse and he immediately started some pretend play sequences. One of the "Little People" is a cat who lives in the house. Liam immediately sat the cat on the toilet. I asked him if the cat was going to the potty. His response, "He's pooping." I almost died laughing, because it was funny and because he "gets" what the toilet is for.

We played a number of scenarios, where he threw the people out of the house and I begged on their behalf to be let back in. At one point I made the little girl cry "Liam, you hurt my feelings, let me in!" followed by some fake whining. He looked at me and said, "What's the matter mama?" Liam is just beginning to understand how to respond to someone who is sad or hurting.

Petey started to bark at one point...Liam's response..."Shut up Petey!" While I am excited when he makes spontaneous comments (that are appropriate mind you) we did have to have a discussion about rudeness.

We moved on to read Toy Story and afterward another exclamation, "What a great story!" We worked a new puzzle too, with shapes of all sizes & sorts. He picked up the first one, a pentagon and plugged it right in with "This one goes right here."

I have to go because he's here asking for more pizza. More tomorrow.