Eli is talking SO MUCH! He's really come out of his "sensory fog" as the therapists/specialists call it. He has Sensory Processing Disorder, which is a neurological disorder, affecting the way he experiences the world. All of us take in sensory messages and our brains process and organize them and then we know what is going on around us. Eli doesn't appear to do that very effectively, so he is often overwhelmed by his senses. He has the hardest time with touch (including things touching his mouth and throat, i.e.- feeding trouble!), but he also gets overwhelmed with sound, and he craves vestibular input, which is where his body is, spatially. The good news is that we discovered this early and like many diagnoses, early intervention is everything.
Anyway, Eli was in what they call a "sensory fog" where he was so inundated by sensory messages he wasn't able to continue learning things at his natural rate. But he has absolutely exploded with words in the last few weeks. Today he said 2 sentences: "I love grapes" and "I pooped". I was so proud! :)
One of his grandmas taught him that Santa Claus says "Ho ho ho!" It's adorable. We've been working on "What does Jesus say?" (answer: I love you) WELLLLL, we're not there yet. If you ask E what Jesus says he will either tell you "Ho ho ho!" or "Amen". It is equally adorable, although incorrect.
