A.P. update

A.P.= auditory processing
Last night Chloë had on Olivia's undershirt and Olivia wanted her to change.  So I asked Chloë to go change and I took off her jammie top to help speed up the process. Chloë went into her room and the next thing I hear is her crying.  So I went into her room to see what was wrong.  For the billionth time I asked Chloë why she was crying.  Every time I have EVER asked her this I would get no response.  By now this WHY question was just rhetorical.  Her nonresponse was just part of Chloë's a.p. issue; she might not answer because she does not understand what this WHY question means or she might be so distracted by the fact that she is crying that she can't answer.  But to my surprise Chloë said, "Because you hurt me."  I asked her if I hurt her feelings or her body.  She said "You hurt body."  (apparently I took the jammie top off too quickly-but this is not the point of the story)  I could not believe she just answered my question.  I was so happy to hear her answer. 
Then tonight at dinner she asked me if I liked my corn.  I said "yes, especially with lots of salt and butter."  Then Chloë said, "I like corn of the cob."  Yeah! she is communicating with us.  Chloë loves being with people sometimes I forget she doesn't talk much.  Then when she asks me a question and says something like, "I like corn on the cob."  I realize questions and statements so specific are few and far between for her.  I think preschool has been good for her.  It gives her opportunity to talk to others and share with me what happened during the time at school. She is positively progressing.
p.s.  today is her 4th birthday...i will post about that later!