r/MadeMeSmile • u/bendubberley_ • 16d ago

Wholesome Moments Autistic non-verbal boy speaks directly to his mother for the first time.

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u/mistiry 16d ago

My daughter was nonverbal until she was 4. She would occasionally make sounds similar to words. One day I was home from work on lunch break, I worked 5 minutes away and would come home for lunch to save money.

I was leaving to head back to work, kissed my wife and then my daughter who was sitting in a high chair also having lunch. I told her "bye, I love you!".

She replied with a crystal clear perfect "I love you" back.

The reaction from my wife and I was similar to this mom. Hearing her speak at all, let alone telling me she loves me, is one of my strongest memories now. I remember it often and this video brought back all the emotions.

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u/queerty1128 16d ago

I didn't speak until I was 3, almost 4. Mom says that after I started talking, I didn't shutup. Heh.

They also say that my sister ALWAYS knew what I wanted/needed, regardless of me not speaking. Pretty intriguing.

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u/Rooniebob 16d ago

My twin sister and I have a sister who is 17 months older, and she would continuously regress into baby babble with us and it always seems like we understood each other and would get up at the same time to go to another room.

There’s definitely evidence to conclude that baby babble is a rudimentary language between babies and children still young enough to understand

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u/someguy8608 16d ago

I’m a twin. Call me crazy, but I remember communicating as a baby with my brother. I even remember the exact situation.

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u/Murder_Bird_ 16d ago

I dated an identical twin for a hot minute. Her and her sister had a couple of sounds and hand gestures that only they understood. It wasn’t a whole other language like you’d see in a movie or a tv show but it was their own language. They mostly did it when they would argue because no one else could understand. Also, the sister didn’t like me so I got to see them argue a fair amount.

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u/someguy8608 16d ago

We twins have super weird connections. Love my brother to death, and we are a lot alike in many ways. But also very different in more ways.

Fun fact about me. I am a twin, my Dad is a twin, my Father in law is a twin. God help my daughter.

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u/AverageNerd633 16d ago

Hey, I'm a twin, too!

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u/tina_denfina1 16d ago

Do you mind if I ask what was the situation and what do you remember communicating?

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u/someguy8608 16d ago

We were about one ish getting our photos done at JC Pennys. They were fretting over us trying to get us to smile. It’s one moment of a few that I remember communicating with him. It was babel, and I remember that he and I only knew. It was like that for longer than most would think. Our non verbals are pretty unique as well. I can read him like a book, and it’s annoying he can read me.

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u/tina_denfina1 14d ago

That’s amazing, thank you for replying!