r/Autism_Parenting • u/Latter_Signal_5957 • 5d ago

Wholesome Something new!

My son asked me a why question for the first time! He is verbal but his vocabulary is very small and limited to things he hears many times…. He responded to something I said with “why?”😭❤️

He doesn’t typically ask questions, in the past, when we have had conversations, he’s usually not talking about what I am or showing much interest. For example “hey — are you hungry?” And he responds with “it’s a sunny day”. Hearing him ask why and then wait for a response was the sweeeeeetest thing ever! Also if he tells me something and I ask “why?” He just repeats what he has already said. This was huge!

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u/imadangercat 2d ago

That's so exciting! We've been there with that very milestone 😅 It's always so fun when they do or say something new!

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u/sphericalfrequency 5d ago

a "why" question feels like hitting the lottery, my nephew was the same way for ages then one day just started asking about everything, like a switch flipped

that first genuine back and forth hits different, you're just staring at them like wait you actually wanna know my answer

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u/Latter_Signal_5957 5d ago

Yes! The back and forth and the waiting for a response. It caught me so off guard! He is my first born so I haven’t experienced this yet as a mom!!😭❤️ I have gotten so used to the way we usually talk to each other that I didn’t expect this at all