Yve Smith

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  Yve commented on the article | over 2 years ago

  Speaking Musically

  I can relate to this so much. My non-verbal 3 year old is always humming and it's not just little tunes he's heard. He's humming phrases he's heard on the TV and he hums the numbers from 1 to 20. He also hums pleasantries lile "thank you!" and "Mmmm! Delicious!" It really is amazing how good he is at keeping up a dialogue without any words.

  
  

  His humming is also affected by his emotions. His hums are usually happy hums, but when he's frustrated because his sock is inside out or a door is shut that shouldn't be, it turns into very sad huming indeed.

  
  

  At the same age, my now extremely verbal 5 year old would hum very loudly and angrily when he was stressed. Twinkle Twinkle would sound quite aggressive, sometimes. That was probably the best means he had of communicating that he'd had enough and wanted to shut off for a bit.