Yesterday was a red-letter day in our house. Sophie “talked back” to me. And I was happy about it! Because she used actual words.
I have mentioned briefly that Sophie has a speech delay. She sees a speech therapist once a week and probably will for at least a year. I work with her at home, too, and she’s made HUGE progress since she started in July. So Bobby and I are constantly amazed at all the new stuff that’s flying out of her little mouth every day!
Until yesterday, Sophie had always shown her, um, disagreement with me by screaming, squealing, or an emphatic “NO”.
But yesterday she was mad at a toy for not meeting her expectations in some way :), and I was trying to help her. But she did NOT want my help. “Here, let me help you,” I said and I placed my hand on the toy. She jerked it back out of my hand and said, “THAT’S ENOUGH MOMMY!”
My jaw dropped. I am sure she was a little confused when I broke into a grin. I recovered my wits and said, “You may not talk to Mommy that way,” and made her say she was sorry.
But inside, I was happy! Happy she could express her anger with a real (angry) thought!
Sophie sassed me! It was great!
I’m sure one of these days I’ll be like, “Hmm remember when Sophie couldn’t talk back? Those were the days…”
But right now I’m pretty jazzed about the sass!
That’s awesome!! 🙂 And also? She is beautiful. When she’s a teenager, you’re going to have to lock her in her room, lol.
Woo-hoo!
Way to go my Sophie girl!!! So proud of you – hee hee. But let’s see what your mama is saying in 10 years ;-)!!
The Musings of a Housewife lady has it right! Lock and Key!
I am really excited about the progress, but she didn’t get that no talkin’ thing from me…Mother said I talked before I walked, and I’ve not stopped since.
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That’s so awesome! I can relate to your excitement over her talking back to you! 🙂 My daughter was also delayed in speech (now 5) and still goes for speech therapy for enunciation issues. Everyone would also say that you’ll miss the times when she didn’t talk…not me…there is nothing greater than knowing what your child wants/needs and being able to understand them! She grunted a lot or just said that when she was younger…now she chatters non-stop!
Yea for sass! My Miss A just started speech therapy at school for a lisp. It’s going really well.