How does your child show that they love you? So many times it's not even words that warm the heart and soul. It's the expression on their faces, their warm embrace or those small precious moments that all you can do is smile and hold back the tears
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Members shared the deeply personal and tender ways their children on the autism spectrum express love, often through physical affection rather... Read more
I've started getting something that's even more precious to me than "I love you" lately: unprompted I missed yous
It's always nice when you get affectionate language out of the blue.
My 13 year old comes up & kisses my forehead & he hugs me. I love that he is very affectionate & he also smiles really big for me.
My son will put his head on my shoulder(if we are sitting down as he is 6ft 2 inches...LOL!).
My Liam is a sensory seeker so he loves his hugs and snuggles...only really with me and the hubby...but it's in those moments he gets this big grin and starts cooing all soft..no words ever need to be said for me to know my baby loves us.
My son comes to me and hugs me or he would stare in my eyes for the longest and then smile and for the first time this morning he came to me puckered up and kissed me!