@shellee94 thank you, he was such an amazing little guy. My sister was a young mom (had her first just after turning 15) had number 2 at 17. That's why I raised them. She needed my help. Not to sound cliche but all kids are different and one day he's going to just take off with talking and it will never stop!!! Have you thought about using sign language for the time being? I used it with my dd and we still use it till this day.

@momsrmagical thats almost the same situation as with my sister, except she was a little older and only had the one. My mom had custody of her before she died, and now my dad does, but i still help out. Ive thought about signing, but i honestly dont know if i can be consistent enough for it to stick. Plus, SO has a memory worse than Dory's so he'd forget lol

@shellee94 awe, I'm so sorry for your loss as well. My nephew gave the world something very special. If it wasn't for him and what he had it probably never would have been known. He had an extremely rare disease that when it was discovered they only knew of one other child that had the same thing. Now 17 years later there are about 50 cases of children teens and adults that can be treated. There's no cure but there are things that can help. Signing is difficult but it can definitely be helpful I taught myself years ago when I worked in retail because we had four regular customers that were deaf and I thought it would be helpful. After a while I stopped using it but then I had my daughter and picked it back up. But like I said. He will get there and I wouldn't worry. It's normal.

I hope so lol. I try not to worry, but number one, as a FTM its tough not to worry about every lil thing. Plus i have my MIL in my ear telling me how S.Os sister's daughter is on the spectrum (self diagnosed, they dont even take her for vaccinations/well checks, but thats a whole nother issue) and i need to get DS checked since he isnt talking. He communicates his wants/needs physically, but just not verbally yet lol