We have always been amused by how much you can see and hear Shealyn’s thought pattern while she speaks. It’s not as if she is stuttering, but she decides what she wants to say while in mid-sentence and just fumbles around until she lines up all her thoughts. Then she suddenly just spits it out clear as day.
Last night was the most amusing example of it since she first started speaking…
Background info- A friend of ours, Cynthia, threw a baby shower for us this past weekend. The four of us were at the dinner table last night and Louie and I were talking about how nice it had all gone. I then shared an amusing story with Louie that Cynthia had told me about. Shealyn tried to get in on the conversation….
“Ummm Mama? What did- What did cyn- (pause…..) What did cyndi- Ummm did Cynthi- (another pause…) What did Cynthia- WHAT did Cynthia- (yet another pause…) Ummm- WHO is Cynthia!?”
Louie and I just erupted in laughter! She was struggling and struggling over how to say her name and ask what is was Cynthia had done. However, then she must have realized that she didn’t even know who Cynthia was so the point of communication was altered. It was not how we were expecting the sentence to end. Shealyn burst out with a “It’s NOT funny!!” of course. It didn’t have the desired effect though as it simply made us laugh harder.
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Major chuckle here from Da, the SLP (speech language pathologist). Too bad this communication exchange wasn’t on video…it could have been worth some $ !