You know when little ones are learning letters of the alphabet and they repeat things like “‘Dee’ is for dog. D..d..d?” while sounding out the sound for each letter?
So, my girl drags me to the fridge today so I can get her a second ice lolly. I ask her with a moan, “Oh, R…Another one? Why???”
She looks at me kneeling in front of her, touches me and says, “Why…?
Y, y, y.”
It cracked us up! We really thought she was copying me while knowing what I meant. It took me back to my boy and how he too would say what we said, but it turned out what he was saying wasn’t ACTUALLY what we were saying, but an association he’d formed with something that sounded the same, or was similar.
It always added some humour to the situation. I look forward to more. I welcome it. I embrace it. Echolalia is a privilege. Misunderstandings included.🙂
They said I should write a book 