The talkative streak is continuing.
An event that truly surprised me occurred yesterday evening. Mark apparently decided that he wanted me to wear a different color of dress. I have two spring dresses that I love to wear. They are identical except one is dark blue and the other is a purple/magenta. Yesterday I was wearing the dark blue dress. During the evening Mark appeared with the purple/magenta dress which he proceeded to drape over me. Then he started to push the straps of the blue one off of my shoulders. I froze for a second as my mind processed everything. Then I gently caught his hands and looked him in the face. I asked him "Mark, do you want mommy to put on the purple dress?" Mark promptly looked me in the eyes and said "Yes." This is amazing on so many levels that I don't even know where to start. But it gives me very good hope for Mark eventually communicating at least some things with words.
No, I didn't change dresses. I did explain to him that I wasn't going to change but maybe I would wear the purple dress tomorrow. He apparently was ok with that since he didn't try again. And that had been his second try.
And an earlier event that was just as wonderful - Mark pulled me to the bed for a tickle match. He promptly wrapped both my arms around him, looked me in the face and said "Got me." To which I responded "Yes, I've got you." And then hugged and tickled him.
At another point he was being noisy and mischievous. I looked at him and he looked back and he said "Quiet". I said "You are not being quiet." (I was grinning.) He looked at me with that sly/sass smile and said "I'm quiet." (And he was being anything but quiet!)
It's not just that Mark is using words. Or even that he's using them appropriately. It's the level of comprehension of both receptive and expressive language skills that he is showing now that has me so amazed. It's that understanding of me vs. you that is popping up. It's the mischief that accompanies it. It's that the words are complete and distinct, not half sounds. I have fingers crossed that we can somehow help him to break the block he normally seems to have on those skills. But I am just flat out astounded at the things being revealed by simple phrases and sentences. And I honestly pray that it keeps growing.
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