Reply to My son with ASD called me "mom" for the first time today

Forum Index » Kids With Special Needs and Disabilities

Reply to "My son with ASD called me "mom" for the first time today"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again.  Thanks so much for the wonderful response.  I knew you folks here would "get it" in a way that some of my friends do not.  I'll admit that it cut like a knife when I'd hear another child say "I love you, mama" to their moms at daycare every time I picked up my son.  I feel really guilty about it actually, but I just wanted so badly to hear it from my own son.  The "I love you" is still a work in process, but the "mommy" came unprompted and he wasn't repeating after me.  I was in shock at first, and then felt emotional as I hugged him.  On the bad days, I wonder sometimes if he even knows who I am...but on days like this, I can rejoice in the fact that he connected with me in this beautiful way.  Yes, definitely the best Christmas present I could possibly imagine.

To the PP who asked if he is still in diapers, yes, he is.  We're planning on tackling it after the holidays (as we're going out of town), and hopefully there will be some progress....but like with all of you who are dealing with special needs kids, I am just taking things 1 day at a time, and enjoying the little (but huge) victories along the way.[/quote]

Hang in there. My kid with ASD was 4 before he potty trained. It was a long road, but we go there. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics