Breakthrough!

I think...could it be?...that we've had a breakthrough today!

We were riding back from Alec's speech and combined OT session this afternoon, on the way to get Alec's sister Elise at the bus stop. Alec was tired from the session and it was a good time for a nap.

I gave him his blanket and his pacifier on the way home. (I know, he still uses it....). On the way, he dropped the pacifier on the floor. He said "Dropped.....hooey." (That's what he calls his pacifier.) I thought this was great, but the really heart-clencher came next:

Alec said to me, "Can... you...get...it?"

I about lost it! That is his first spontaneous sentence that was comprised of words he put together on his own. He has phrases that he will recite from memory, like "I want juice", and I know he knows what these phrases mean and what they will get him, but those phrases consist of words he has memorized together.

This time Alec chose his own words and put them together himself, using them correctly. WAY TO GO, Alec!

Wow! Now, being the over-analytical mom I am, I am trying to figure out, "What is it that's working? What has caused this improvement?"

No, I think I'll just be happy today. Alec IS making progress. I can keep on dreaming about the day we can talk together, and finally, find out the wonderful secrets that are going on in that tussled little head of his.

Oh, yes, thanks to God, who IS listening!