I JUST HAD A VERBAL CONVERSATION WITH MY NONVERBAL CHILD!
Jojo (nonverbal 3-year-old) sees me using my phone. He walks up to me. This conversation ensued.
Me: “What’s up, bud?”
Jojo: *signs “more”
Me: “More? More what?”
Jojo: “noooooooo” (more).
Me: “More phone?”
Jojo: Laughs with glee.
Me: “okay, hold on.”
Me: Gives him the phone
Jojo (while running away with my phone): “Oh boy!… oh boy!”
Me: blinks…
Me: “huh.”
5 seconds later.
Jojo: (running back to me with the phone) “uh-oh.”
Me: surprised at his correct usage of words “what?”
Jojo: *hands me the phone. He had clicked out of the app he wanted.
I reopened the app he wanted, gave him back the phone, and he walked away. That qualifies as a conversation in my book!
#smallvictories
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