For awhile there I was really worried about Beck's language development. At his 18 month check up (actually 20 months, I was late but who's counting) I talked with Missy about it and while I don't think she was worried she gently suggested a First Steps evaluation to ease my mind. I never got around to it but kept it in the back of my mind.
It's a really different experience parenting a neurotypical kid after your first child has so many developmental delays due to autism. I thought Beckett was a genius in his first year and then I realized, "Hey, THIS is normal." While it was a relief to know that he was likely NT, it did bring up some grief all over again for my first boy. How he had to struggle those first years of his life to communicate--not that you would know it now of course.
So in honor of Beckett's recent language explosion, here are his words:
Mama
Papa
Liam
Mimi
Papaw
Drew
Rylee
go
no
phone
peaches
pee
kick
bye bye
hi
play
one
two
three
baby
eat
more
teeth
nurse
moon
blue
clue
bob
phone
shoes
cheese
grapes
To be continued...
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