Communication

People (mostly doctors) ask us if and how Owen communicates with us. Now look at the pictures below and tell me if you can interpret what Owen is telling us. Keep in mind he loves these two people.

Do you see any differences?

This is Owen's new stander. In the first two pictures it was his first time in the stander and he absolutely did NOT like it . His therapists (which he loves to come) tried anything and everything to get him to open his eyes or smile, not a chance! Even after we took him out and laid him on the floor, no smiles. In fact, I have never seen anyone try so hard not to smile as Owen did that day. He was mad and he was going to let all of us know that.
After that day, he has started to enjoy his time in the stander. He likes to watch us help him color or draw.

Owen loves us to hold him and he tells us that too. I usually snuggle and sing with him and Lenn plays the wii with him. He loves both.

Then there is this little face. It started out when he was starting to get sad he would turn down his bottom lip and begin to cry. It was so cute we could not help but laugh. He soon caught on to that and now he will do it for attention too. When we react, he smiles, then we turn down our lip, he grins then turns down his again. It is hilarious!

So the conclusion we have come to is that Owen can definitely communicate his needs with us.