Wow, I feel like there is somebody new living in our house. On Monday Miriam started saying NO to us constantly, and each time Chuck and I look at each other and laugh in amazement. Who is this person with this voice? We have lived with her for four years and now we are hearing her pretty voice. I used to stand outside her bedroom when she was about one year old, when she woke up from her nap, and I would call, "Miriam!" and wait for her to say "Mom," but she never did, even though she listened to me and knew I was out there. Now after all that time, she calls me Mom, and Dad is Mom, and other people at church are Mom sometimes too (I think that is called generalizing) and it is so amazing. And now she has started to say No in answer to questions, and everyone laughs when we tell them what she is doing, like, that is a typical thing for a little child to do, but for us it is a miracle.
We love that she can say what she wants without crashing to the floor and kicking. Now when she does that, I can say, "Miriam, if you don't want something, just say no," and we love hearing No. We say "Good job saying No, Miriam." I realise this may change, of course, and we'll look forward to hearing "Yes."
13 years ago
3 comments:
Yea Miriam!! You go girl - Miriam rocks!!
Way to go Miriam! Keep your mom and dad in line!
I remember the first time Parker got into the garbage can and spread wet, smelly garbage all over my mom's kitchen floor. Instead of the usual response of, "Crap. No, no (insert name of child here...)we started snapping a million pictures and cheering him on.
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that's awesome! how exciting
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