I had a similar occurrence with my non-verbal Grandson, when he was 4 years old. He’s an identical twin and both are on the Spectrum, his brother spoke though. And, they would ‘speak’ twin gibberish (mostly grunts, groans, clicks, etc) amongst themselves, which only they understood.
Before heading to work, I would always say, ‘I love you’ or ‘Grandma loves her Bebes ’ to the Twins. One day, after work, I walked in the door and our non verbal Grandson glanced up at me, smiled and said ‘Grandma’ clear as day.
I was soooo blown away, I cried. It was like winning the lottery. And, it is still one of my all time fave memories!
I also cried at my daughter's "I love you". Sounds like your experience was similar, it's hard to put in words hearing your child (or grandchild!) expressing a feeling or emotion verbally. <3
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u/LDawnBurges 16d ago
I had a similar occurrence with my non-verbal Grandson, when he was 4 years old. He’s an identical twin and both are on the Spectrum, his brother spoke though. And, they would ‘speak’ twin gibberish (mostly grunts, groans, clicks, etc) amongst themselves, which only they understood.
Before heading to work, I would always say, ‘I love you’ or ‘Grandma loves her Bebes ’ to the Twins. One day, after work, I walked in the door and our non verbal Grandson glanced up at me, smiled and said ‘Grandma’ clear as day.
I was soooo blown away, I cried. It was like winning the lottery. And, it is still one of my all time fave memories!