OT: Have Pharyngitis - window into my son's world

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I have strep right now, and can't speak, can't get out one word. My son seems

to empathize

with me. He knows mommy is like him now I think, so frustrating to have the

will, but just

not physically be able to speak. I spoke at age one, and have never shut up

since. Never lost

my voice before. My son keeps coming up to me and hugging me and giving me some

of the

best eye contact he ever has. And I communicate with him by pointing and

signing, which he

usually never pays attention to when words accompany gestures. He seems very

tuned into

me somehow. We are all so focused on getting our kids to use words and be a

part of the

regular world, our world, now I am suddenly in his, and he knows it. My son

does have

language, but it is still a struggle for him. Just wanted to share this, an

interesting insight.

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> I have strep right now, and can't speak, can't get out one word. My

son seems to empathize

> with me. He knows mommy is like him now I think, so frustrating to

have the will, but just

> not physically be able to speak. I spoke at age one, and have never

shut up since. Never lost

> my voice before.

===omgosh, I have this child! One of my older kids was talking by just

over a year old & hasn't stopped since Put me to sleep, more than

once, while I was putting him to bed & he just would

jabber/jabber/jabber, telling all about ALL the stuff he saw, and did,

and noticed that day - cute stuff, but manohman...I tell him often,

there is a reason one year old's don't talk yet - their perspective is

hilarious AND frustrating...I do like the rest of your post, and sooo

agree - we do get the most startling & helpful insights at times...

but this one part - well, made my girl jump (sleeping when I did my

snort/laugh thing wishing you the best answers, elizabeth

My son keeps coming up to me and hugging me and giving me some of the

> best eye contact he ever has. And I communicate with him by

pointing and signing, which he

> usually never pays attention to when words accompany gestures. He

seems very tuned into

> me somehow. We are all so focused on getting our kids to use words

and be a part of the

> regular world, our world, now I am suddenly in his, and he knows it.

My son does have

> language, but it is still a struggle for him. Just wanted to share

this, an interesting insight.

>