So many mommy's take even the little things like brother and sister fighting, for granted...last night for the FIRST TIME EVER...my horsie and ladybug actually tickled each other and PLAYED!
We were chilling on the couch when ladybug began with her HIGH-pitched voice to signal the start of her intention to tease brother, tickle his foot, his belly, his arm, and under his chin. My horsie was at first quite apprehensive... but began to FOCUS really focus on her eyes..."READ" her smile and facial expression and tone of voice, and it was almost as if you could hear his little brain COMPUTE...make sense of what he was looking at and then began adjusting his apprenhension with a more appropriate response, that of laughing, giggling, smiling and burying himself under pillows - "hiding" from his little sister!
BREAK THROUGH BREAK THROUGH....FIREWORKS PLEASE!!!!
Now for mommies of kiddies who do this with irritation to their sibling and parents alike, you may think so what...but for a mommy of Cullen with Autism...this is TRUELY something ULTRA special, UNIQUE and totally caught us unawares.
It left me with that little tingling feeling you feel in the tips of your toes to the top of your head, that warm fuzzy, awwww feeling...my boy played...my boy played...and sister who usually backs off out of a little fear of brother's unusual, unexpected response, actually PLAYED, giggled, TICKLED, with more of the same response from my horsie...wow!!
This went on for what seemed like hours, but in reality lasted maybe 6 minutes...if that...but its TREASURED...its new...its certainly is not typical of children with Autism...and Jada Ann loved the interaction with Cullen.
Yay...
tick....
Night a success...can go to bed now and know we lived NOW!!!!
Knowing we witnessed a MIRACLE and the magic between siblings...
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