Sounds Like

I see the smile on his face, the curiosity in his eye but I hear no words to explain it all. The words are coming and I’m thankful for every syllable that comes out of his mouth. I see the thought process and the look of mischievousness run across his face but yet I don’t really know what he is thinking. My heart sits and waits a beat as I hear him try to say a word. Duck and now buRrd are the words for every bird he sees. I’ll take it. Yet he said newt, fish and llama without skipping a beat but hasn’t said them again. It is like he puts certain words away for a rainy day. I’ve worked on the word “yes”with him so many times. I say “yes,” he says “no.” I often wonder what it is about certain words that he can’t process. 

I look back over the last few months and I see this incredible change that has been happening with my baby. The withdrawn stare and the lackluster appetite for everything has changed. My baby is becoming focused and determined to learn. Taking him off of cow milk was the best thing I could have done. I am working on taking gluten out of his diet and I think I have reached that goal. They say that gluten can stay in your body for three to six months, or even longer. I can’t imagine that we eat stuff that stays in our system that long. I am still learning about nutrition and how it affects us but this I know, I’m thankful for the changes I can see in my son from just removing milk from his diet. Milk may not be the answer for your child but never give up, keep asking questions to anyone that will listen till you find the answers you need.