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/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/asdrunkasdrunkcanbe 16d ago

My two youngest are 3 years apart. No developmental delays or anything like that, but naturally the younger one went through their baby-speaking stage. The older was the interpreter for a solid six months, always knew what the younger one was saying when we hadn't a clue.

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u/imveryfontofyou 16d ago

My nephews are like this. My nieces were identical twins and they both had sons about a year apart, those sons spend time together and the older one always knows what the younger one wants--even though the younger one doesn't talk yet (he's delayed), he just makes screams of different pitches & babbles. He also tells us things like, 'Jackson won't eat that snack unless he has one for each hand' which is true but we didn't notice until his cousin told us.