It seems so small, so simple. But it's not. Not when you're talking about a little boy who doesn't use them.
Today, Sawyer said a word.
It was clear and loud and completely appropriate.
It was lunch time, of course. We talk all the time about how much motivation matters to him. If there's no interest for him, he's generally not going to cooperate, at least not willingly. And lunch is one of his favorite things. He particularly liked this lunch day, which involved bread.
One of his teachers was asking him what he wanted. He was apparently gesturing and they simply kept asking him what he wanted.
"Bread!"
One word. So simple, and yet it isn't. He doesn't use words functionally at all right now. The only one he uses with any consistency is "Mama," and even that one is usually hit or miss.
But he said this one so loudly and so clearly that all three classroom teachers heard it. His primary teacher, Mrs. R even told me today that she turned around from what she was doing because she wanted to know who had said it as she didn't recognize the voice.
Sawyer said it. And the fact that he did, is truly amazing.
And we knew it about that very same day, because his teachers are also truly amazing. A bright spot in an otherwise off week at our house.
