"During Dec and Jan/part of Feb he refused to take (Seagreens® seaweed natural health products) in the morning, so I was just giving 1 capsule a day. Well I got him back to taking 2 (seaweed capsules) a day at bedtime. The teachers have been telling me he has been using PECS - the picture system - to communicate his wants and needs at school for the past 6-10 weeks. He had always attempted to get him to use it here but to no avail.His sister has a speech delay, verbal though but delayed and off and on bringing her PECS book home and there were always fights over who was going to use it, etc, etc. So I finally made him one up here last month that looked similar to hers. Well the school said lets just start him out on 6 pics and go from there, well come to find out recently he was bored and did not have enough choices. So his sister’s teacher sent home another PECs book fully loaded and T has taken it over.
I cant tell you how shocked I have been to see what has happened with him. He has NEVER communicated appropriately with me. It’s always been a mother/son communication. He is communicating fully with me all his wants and needs and even things I didn’t think he knew. LOL now. He has asked me ‘please’ 2 times in the last week for a pressure rub on his feet, he brought the I love you pic to his dad, which shocked us both and weather pics are not used in his class, so a few days ago he brought me the sunny picture, I said no T it’s not sunny outside it’s cloudy. Well Lord and behold, he brought me the cloudy picture.
He has even started imitating one of his sounds with me, where I do it, then he does it and back and forth. He has started since about Dec or so cleaning up after himself, putting his clothes in the washer little things like that. C and I were talking the other night and she said are you still using the Seagreens ® (seaweed natural health products) and I said yes! I think even she was amazed at what’s happening right now.
....... I have prayed in the back of my mind so many times, even during the really bad times that T would make milestones like this. I keep hoping and I have one of those gut feelings that speech is in our future. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart .... Even though they have been small steps towards progress since we started ..today, is more than I could ever had hoped for."