I love how when she first realized she couldn't suck her thumb and you reinforced that the gloves weren't going to come off, she went in for a hug. I saw that as her continuing to seek out a source of comfort to ease her growing distress💚
She engages with the world around her. She said "car" and climbed into her seat. She's chatting and putting on her shoes. You guys are doing an amazing job.
I heard “Did it!”, “You do it.” & “I do it.” when she was putting her shoes on as well. It really warms my heart hearing her speaking so much more now. God bless this family. 🤗
@@ChallieWallie Right. Her mom has said in previous videos it’s echolalia. However, even if she’s exhibiting that still, Mikko’s leaps & bounds from where she was. And it’s amazing to watch.
It’s possible that the gloves also reduce sensory overload in a way. My friend’s autistic son won’t touch certain things because he doesn’t like the feeling on his skin. He actually starting eating things he previously refused to eat once they gave him little gloves to wear to touch the food with. Would strongly recommend getting Mikko in speech and language therapy ASAP if you’re able. She’s clearly very smart and is actually trying very hard to communicate verbally which is amazing. I’m extremely anti credentialism and don’t believe certifications give folks magical powers. But I’ve seen lots of therapists with experience help kids tremendously.
As an autistic person myself, I have always felt that skin on a chalkboard is a worse sensation than nails. That's a screech in my ears. I also have ADHD and like genres like screamo and metal. I can handle that. Touching a chalkboard with my fingertips is screeching on my skin and that is Not Okay. Velvet is also pretty cringe.
I'm more surprised that she kept them ON for more than five seconds!! And even when she realized she couldn't suck cert thumb, she was such a big girl!! Proud of both Precious AND Mikko!!💕💕💕
So very proud of Miko, she is saying more words and doing more for herself. Mom, you’re doing an amazing job! Thank you for sharing this wonderful update and product.
Mikko is a splitting image of her dad. She is doing is well. You are such a loving and patient mom. Please remember to take time out for yourself. Mental health is very important!!!❤
i really love how you’re not stopping Mikko from stimming but trying to get her to find another healthier stim. watching you raise Mikko with acceptance, understanding and accommodations is so healing for me as a late diagnosed autistic adult who didn’t have that growing up keep us updated please 🥰🤍
I'm another late diagnosed autistic. To the best of my parents' and extended family's ability, I was raised with acceptance and accommodations, but they didn't know why I was the way I was. Now there is understanding to go with the acceptance.
I have to say both mama and papa are sooo mellow! I think both parents being so patient and mellow also helps baby excel in her learning process.Kiddos to both parents.
Miko is making so many postive strides!! It is such a pleasure to see how gratified she becomes when she meets another step towards her independance. You and your husband are a wonderful support for her!! 💞
@2:11 she’s like “see that momma? Right there’s my thumb. I just need a liiiiiiitle help getting this thing off…” 🤣 She’s absolutely precious and as a pediatric nurse I’m just so impressed with how well Mikko does with interacting, showing affection, following directions, being in tune with you and calming down with deep breaths when she’s upset, the list goes on. You should be so proud momma - you’re giving Mikko quality of life and that’s *everything* 💜
Nikko is so pretty and she understands very well. She's talking more. I thank God for giving you guys so much strength, patience, and understanding it's paying off.
A really good idea Precious. I love seeing Mikko progress. You introduce small changes that are not overwhelming and in time become tolerable to Mikko. Love is clearly at work here. I love you Mikko. You and your family are in my prayers.
I admire you for your patience and nerves. It must be so tiring and you do it so confidently. Mikko is a wonderful girl and has already made so much progress. It's great that you let us share in your journey. Thanks for that.
I’m so proud of her, she’s really coming along. The more she grows and you all working with her she will become more independent and that’s so wonderful, blessings
thank you, from one autistic person, for treating miko with kindness and helping her find healthier stims without stopping this behaviour. thank you for working with her autism rather than against it, like i see so many times across the internet from other autistic parents.
You never compare Miko to other children but rather what She can do today, that she couldn't do yesterday. That means each day is a celebrated surprise for you, Dad and Miko! You both are doing a phenomenal job, I salute you! ❤👍🏾👌🏾
My admiration for you as parents is sustained as I view your vids. Mikko is such a beautiful child to me; not just her looks, but everything about her!
Mikko I’m so very proud of you bcuz I knew that you was going to eventually get by your mommy standing by you and teaching you from wrong to right and the regular basic things to get you where you’re at today so kudos to the both of y’all and hod bless you both
sorry i don’t mean anything negative by this but only to raise awareness. i am very aware you mean good and no harm🤍 saying to us autistics that we have superpowers can be very harmful. it has lead to burnout by trying to reach the expectations put on us, the majority of us think we are not good enough if we don’t have something extraordinary. a lot of autistic people don’t have “superpowers” and we are just as valid, we don’t need a superpower to be respected or accepted.
@@mirotiny I second this. People expect you to have special gifts if you're autistic and if you don't youre just broken. She is a regular person full stop
@@mirotinysorry I don’t mean anything negative about this either but there was nothing wrong with what she said your not a mind reader and don’t know exactly what she meant
@@hectormarroquin6788 i don’t need to understand what they said or their intentions to know that the word superpowers has affected me and many autistic people. we talk about this in our community. certain people read and move on and don’t know that there are autistic people who don’t have a “gift”. we still struggle we are still autistic because we are human, we don’t have superpowers.
I saw these on The Mellor Family page, and I’m sorry but never connected the fact they could be used for any child’s thumb sucking! I’m glad they seem to be working for you guys! My mom used something way back over 50 years ago and it made me cry, then wipe my eyes and get the stuff in my eyes, then cry harder!! I’m so glad things have progressed over the years!! Great job Mikko and parents!
My parents tried all sorts of things to stop my night time thumb sucking. I was already seeing an orthodontist at age 4. Nothing helped until they put some sort of device in my mouth that had metal prongs on the roof of my mouth.
Miko is becoming so much more comfortable with trying new things on her own in the videos you share. Your channel shows how important it is to never get defeated!
I admire how you teach her, not allowing your fears and inhibitions to hinder her. She's amazing, so are you and the rest if her family. ❤ I wished some of my parents took a page from your book.
This is just how my autistic daughter sounded. Now she is 7 and still 50/50 nonverbal but when she speaks, she enunciates better and you can understand her. Mikko is sounding like she knows what she’s saying. She’s conversational with dad when showing the gloves
Mikko is talking just like we all did growing up. You just have to understand what she saying. She is not nonverbal. That baby is talking she just a little behind. When she able to talk clearly look out world ring the alarm. You go Mikko 🌹👣✌️🐥👍🫶🫵
I’ve been watching you guys for a while, and I am so incredibly impressed on how far you and your family have come!!! You’re both doing an amazing job as parents, being so hands on and advocating for your babies. Baby girl has come so far!! Talking!! Expressing herself! Gosh…. I’m gushing over her like she’s my niece!!
I absolutely love watching her progress! You have had quite the challenge, especially with the bathing/tub issue. Your patience is love in action. You and your husband are doing an amazing job!
I am just so Happy❤ it's like she is my grandbaby. Please God continue to Bless this family as only you can and thank you so very much for the beautiful Blessings that you have bestowed on Nikko.❤
Mikko is doing so good. I watch allot, and continue to be in prayer regarding her progress. She growing and learning and your dedication is a blessing from God. Praying for the whole family🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💕
You are doing such an amazing job with Miko, and sharing your experience is such a wonderful gift to those parents who are just starting their journey. Wishing you an abundance of blessings!!
You guys do such an amazing job with Mikko!! I love it!! And I love how everything you do is normalized instead of treating her as if she is limited due to her autism❤..much love and respect!!
She understands so much more than what we give her credit for; it’s just that she has trouble linking spoken words to meaning. But she understands actions . And the gloves are simply genius!
This is wonderful! Congratulations Mikko!!! ❤ Mom, I admire you so much for your patience and for the love you display for your children. God bless! 🙏🏾
This is amazing!!! I just want to point out that she needs a bigger size shoe in this video!!! I just don’t want her to get hurt when walking because when your toes go over and opened toed shoe like that you can trip and get hurt really easily!!!
Her wonderful progress is because you are a very intelligent and loving mom that will do what needs to be done even with a bit of protesting. You are amazing 🌸💜🌸
This was amazing to witness; her coping skills have come SO far. At times parenting is about simply finding the right approach at the right time....usually after trying umpteen other things. So glad this worked for her 💜
When my autistic daughter was about 7 or 8 her teeth were malformed by thumb sucking, Her dentist gave us his glove & book because he wanted us to try it out for him. The manufacturer had sent one to him & he asked us to report how well it worked. I am happy to announce it DID work! Today she is a happy young woman with a beautiful smile. Good for you, Darling Mikko! So happy you no longer suck your thumb either! PRECIOUS, I need more information about stimming. I have 2 elementary school aged grandsons who both stim constantly. I just don't fully understand what stimming does. Where can I get more information on this? Thank you!
I love how when she first realized she couldn't suck her thumb and you reinforced that the gloves weren't going to come off, she went in for a hug. I saw that as her continuing to seek out a source of comfort to ease her growing distress💚
She engages with the world around her. She said "car" and climbed into her seat. She's chatting and putting on her shoes. You guys are doing an amazing job.
Beautiful little girl.
I heard “Did it!”, “You do it.” & “I do it.” when she was putting her shoes on as well. It really warms my heart hearing her speaking so much more now. God bless this family. 🤗
What an awesome job
She is doing really well. I, however believe she is somewhat at the stage where it can also be just echolalia.
But that is absolutely progress!
@@ChallieWallie Right. Her mom has said in previous videos it’s echolalia. However, even if she’s exhibiting that still, Mikko’s leaps & bounds from where she was. And it’s amazing to watch.
Mikko wearing that hat to the store like Dad was so sweet
It’s possible that the gloves also reduce sensory overload in a way. My friend’s autistic son won’t touch certain things because he doesn’t like the feeling on his skin. He actually starting eating things he previously refused to eat once they gave him little gloves to wear to touch the food with.
Would strongly recommend getting Mikko in speech and language therapy ASAP if you’re able. She’s clearly very smart and is actually trying very hard to communicate verbally which is amazing. I’m extremely anti credentialism and don’t believe certifications give folks magical powers. But I’ve seen lots of therapists with experience help kids tremendously.
As an autistic person myself, I have always felt that skin on a chalkboard is a worse sensation than nails. That's a screech in my ears. I also have ADHD and like genres like screamo and metal. I can handle that. Touching a chalkboard with my fingertips is screeching on my skin and that is Not Okay. Velvet is also pretty cringe.
I'm more surprised that she kept them ON for more than five seconds!! And even when she realized she couldn't suck cert thumb, she was such a big girl!! Proud of both Precious AND Mikko!!💕💕💕
Yesssss ❤
So very proud of Miko, she is saying more words and doing more for herself. Mom, you’re doing an amazing job! Thank you for sharing this wonderful update and product.
She is super amazing and all the words she does know is blowing my mind
Her snack game is strong. What an amazing child
Mikko is a splitting image of her dad. She is doing is well. You are such a loving and patient mom. Please remember to take time out for yourself. Mental health is very important!!!❤
i really love how you’re not stopping Mikko from stimming but trying to get her to find another healthier stim. watching you raise Mikko with acceptance, understanding and accommodations is so healing for me as a late diagnosed autistic adult who didn’t have that growing up
keep us updated please 🥰🤍
GOD Bless you 🙏
Yea i do agree it has helped me realize that i went though alot not knowing that it may have been missed .@joycehol8052
❤love hearing her lil voice
💗
I'm another late diagnosed autistic. To the best of my parents' and extended family's ability, I was raised with acceptance and accommodations, but they didn't know why I was the way I was. Now there is understanding to go with the acceptance.
I have to say both mama and papa are sooo mellow! I think both parents being so patient and mellow also helps baby excel in her learning process.Kiddos to both parents.
Mum, you are one in a million! God bless you for your patience and always trying things out to help your child
She is quickly excelling to talk now
Miko is making so many postive strides!! It is such a pleasure to see how gratified she becomes when she meets another step towards her independance. You and your husband are a wonderful support for her!! 💞
@2:11 she’s like “see that momma? Right there’s my thumb. I just need a liiiiiiitle help getting this thing off…” 🤣 She’s absolutely precious and as a pediatric nurse I’m just so impressed with how well Mikko does with interacting, showing affection, following directions, being in tune with you and calming down with deep breaths when she’s upset, the list goes on. You should be so proud momma - you’re giving Mikko quality of life and that’s *everything* 💜
Mikko is such a blessing she's a beautiful child she's blessed to have you Precious as her mother
Indeed ❤I so love this comment
You're teaching us something new all of the time. We adore Miko and love to see her thrive.
Nikko is so pretty and she understands very well. She's talking more. I thank God for giving you guys so much strength, patience, and understanding it's paying off.
Mikko is doing so well. So happy for her and shouts out to you mom for having patience with her, therefore having her thrive.
Great job Mikko! She's really growing up and doing great.
Mikko understands you are helping her with all you introduce to her and she cooperates! Her intelligence at work!
I agree. I think there is a part of Mikko that knows that the gloves are for her benefit
A really good idea Precious. I love seeing Mikko progress. You introduce small changes that are not overwhelming and in time become tolerable to Mikko. Love is clearly at work here. I love you Mikko. You and your family are in my prayers.
BABY GIRL'S PROGRESS IS PHENOMENAL AND YOU GUYS ARE GREAT PARENTS.
Omg she is so cute so happy that she is progressing 🫶🏿
I admire you for your patience and nerves. It must be so tiring and you do it so confidently. Mikko is a wonderful girl and has already made so much progress. It's great that you let us share in your journey. Thanks for that.
Mikko is learning on her time and now she is receiving so much knowledge. WONDERFUL 901❤
I’m so proud of her, she’s really coming along. The more she grows and you all working with her she will become more independent and that’s so wonderful, blessings
thank you, from one autistic person, for treating miko with kindness and helping her find healthier stims without stopping this behaviour. thank you for working with her autism rather than against it, like i see so many times across the internet from other autistic parents.
So happy for you guys!! Mikko has come a long way To God be the Glory for the great job that you guys are doing. Love you 🙏🏽❤️❤️
Great job Dad, Mom and Mikko 👑💜✨!!! You all are helping so many people 🫶🏽✨!!!
You never compare Miko to other children but rather what She can do today, that she couldn't do yesterday. That means each day is a celebrated surprise for you, Dad and Miko!
You both are doing a phenomenal job, I salute you! ❤👍🏾👌🏾
My admiration for you as parents is sustained as I view your vids. Mikko is such a beautiful child to me; not just her looks, but everything about her!
Mikko I’m so very proud of you bcuz I knew that you was going to eventually get by your mommy standing by you and teaching you from wrong to right and the regular basic things to get you where you’re at today so kudos to the both of y’all and hod bless you both
She just has the sweetest little voice, and is doing so well! So proud of you sweet girl!❤
Game changer. So great to watch Mikko's development.
Mikko just thriving away! Pure sweetness❣️
I love how patient and loving you two are with her. Really, the whole family!! So much love is truly felt for her to continue to grow. Wonderful ♥️😊
Even though Miko has super powers she is treated like she's a regular person. I love that. Good job Mom and Dad
sorry i don’t mean anything negative by this but only to raise awareness. i am very aware you mean good and no harm🤍
saying to us autistics that we have superpowers can be very harmful. it has lead to burnout by trying to reach the expectations put on us, the majority of us think we are not good enough if we don’t have something extraordinary. a lot of autistic people don’t have “superpowers” and we are just as valid, we don’t need a superpower to be respected or accepted.
@@mirotiny I second this. People expect you to have special gifts if you're autistic and if you don't youre just broken. She is a regular person full stop
@@mirotinysorry I don’t mean anything negative about this either but there was nothing wrong with what she said your not a mind reader and don’t know exactly what she meant
@@toastyskyshroom okay the full stop comment was a bit much. Respectfully.
@@hectormarroquin6788 i don’t need to understand what they said or their intentions to know that the word superpowers has affected me and many autistic people. we talk about this in our community.
certain people read and move on and don’t know that there are autistic people who don’t have a “gift”. we still struggle we are still autistic because we are human, we don’t have superpowers.
Aww she was describing how it feels I love you mikko
I saw these on The Mellor Family page, and I’m sorry but never connected the fact they could be used for any child’s thumb sucking! I’m glad they seem to be working for you guys! My mom used something way back over 50 years ago and it made me cry, then wipe my eyes and get the stuff in my eyes, then cry harder!! I’m so glad things have progressed over the years!!
Great job Mikko and parents!
My parents tried all sorts of things to stop my night time thumb sucking. I was already seeing an orthodontist at age 4. Nothing helped until they put some sort of device in my mouth that had metal prongs on the roof of my mouth.
Miko is becoming so much more comfortable with trying new things on her own in the videos you share. Your channel shows how important it is to never get defeated!
I love how she mimics what you say to her sometimes ❤❤❤❤❤ she learning so much
Wow. She is doing so amazing. I love to hear her talking and see her playing. Yall are awesome parents. Great job Mikko and parents ❤
I'm so excited in seeing Mikko grow. She has learned so much. God bless you all, and keep up the good work.
Shes doing amazing! Good job Mom amd Dad!
I am thrilled!!! Go Miko!!! Mom, please please do a follow-up to let us know if it's still working. You are such a great mom as is dad.
We are so proud of you beautiful Mikko! You are doing so well.
So good to see Miko processing. She’s such a pretty little girl
I am so proud of Mikko! She's showing so much progress! Keep up the good work! God is good all the time. ❤️❤️❤️ #proud #progress #Godsgood
You are such an amazing mother to Miko. She has no idea how lucky she is to have a mother such as you.
i’m so proud of her. she’s progressing so well & she’s growing so fast. she’s lucky have you as her parents. patience & understanding is all she need
You are such a wonderfully patient, gentle loving, & thoughtful parent 💖
Congratulations Mom and Mikko
Glad she does not want to suck her thumb now before she sheds her teeth. Great job mom and Nikko!❤🎉
Poor little soul, thank you for continuing to support her to make her life better.
I admire how you teach her, not allowing your fears and inhibitions to hinder her. She's amazing, so are you and the rest if her family. ❤
I wished some of my parents took a page from your book.
You and your husband are doing great! Miko is progressing so well. I’m glad the gloves are working.
OMG!!! She is so adorable!!!
May God bless her heart. She strives to do better❤️
It is a pleasure to see Mikko accomplish things.
I just love the parent child interaction between you guys I admire your patience as well
This is just how my autistic daughter sounded. Now she is 7 and still 50/50 nonverbal but when she speaks, she enunciates better and you can understand her. Mikko is sounding like she knows what she’s saying. She’s conversational with dad when showing the gloves
I love that you share your beautiful daughter with me.
She is such a joy.
This video calmed me down. Thank you Miko❤
Mikko is talking just like we all did growing up. You just have to understand what she saying. She is not nonverbal. That baby is talking she just a little behind. When she able to talk clearly look out world ring the alarm. You go Mikko 🌹👣✌️🐥👍🫶🫵
I’ve been watching you guys for a while, and I am so incredibly impressed on how far you and your family have come!!! You’re both doing an amazing job as parents, being so hands on and advocating for your babies.
Baby girl has come so far!! Talking!! Expressing herself! Gosh…. I’m gushing over her like she’s my niece!!
I absolutely love watching her progress! You have had quite the challenge, especially with the bathing/tub issue. Your patience is love in action. You and your husband are doing an amazing job!
Great job mom and Mikko! ❤
She still looks the same when she was a baby. Beautiful 👑🐥🌹🐥👍🫶🫵
Mom, Miko's accomplishments are all due to your overdose of patience. Stay strong. God bless your entire family.
I am just so Happy❤ it's like she is my grandbaby. Please God continue to Bless this family as only you can and thank you so very much for the beautiful Blessings that you have bestowed on Nikko.❤
Wow , shes really progressing God Bless her 🙏
You guys are always moving forward! I love it!
Mikko is doing so good. I watch allot, and continue to be in prayer regarding her progress. She growing and learning and your dedication is a blessing from God. Praying for the whole family🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💕
You are doing such an amazing job with Miko, and sharing your experience is such a wonderful gift to those parents who are just starting their journey. Wishing you an abundance of blessings!!
Beautiful smile beautiful child blessed to have patient parents that are doing great and it shows as she grows
You guys do such an amazing job with Mikko!! I love it!! And I love how everything you do is normalized instead of treating her as if she is limited due to her autism❤..much love and respect!!
Love watching Mikko progress, great job Mikko and momma!!!!
I just love to hear her talking ❤ I haven’t seen y’all since you started vlogging, and she has gotten so much better with using her voice ❤
You are an amazing mom . you must be so proud of your family MIkko is doing so well . hugs.
She's such a beautiful little one. She's chatty and engages and you're doing an amazing job mom and dad.
She understands so much more than what we give her credit for; it’s just that she has trouble linking spoken words to meaning. But she understands actions . And the gloves are simply genius!
This is wonderful! Congratulations Mikko!!! ❤ Mom, I admire you so much for your patience and for the love you display for your children. God bless! 🙏🏾
She is growing up so beautifully before us. Congrats young lady.
I am so proud of Mikko! she just keeps growing and becoming better with her speech. Such great parents, you guys are God bless you all ❤🙏
This is amazing!!! I just want to point out that she needs a bigger size shoe in this video!!! I just don’t want her to get hurt when walking because when your toes go over and opened toed shoe like that you can trip and get hurt really easily!!!
Early Mikko is doing so well I love her hair
You are doing a great job ~ my 38 year old son was diagnosed maybe autism?
It’s been a long hard journey for us.
It helps me to watch your channel.
Yeah Mikko!!!!...I am smiling broadly...so happy for her and the family!👍👌🙏♥️
She is doing absolutely amazing & Mom you are doing an outstanding beautiful job you guys keep up the great works
Oooh my goodness !!!
She is doing soooo good 😊
This whole video made me so proud of her…
And mom and dad. Gentle parenting is paying off ❤
She has made so much progress in the past year. 👍🏽 Great job!
Her wonderful progress is because you are a very intelligent and loving mom that will do what needs to be done even with a bit of protesting. You are amazing 🌸💜🌸
I am so extremely happy this is working. 🥰
You are phenomenal parents! Mikki is so lucky to have you!
Mikko is so blessed to have parents like you two!
She is such a an awesome amazing woman/mother ❤
The progress Millo has made since I started watching is outta here! Now mo thumb?! This is huge! Grest job everyone!!!
I’m so in love her little smile voice is everything to me from the beginning I love her own language she’s so smart
She is so precious! You have truly been blessed with this sweetheart
This was amazing to witness; her coping skills have come SO far. At times parenting is about simply finding the right approach at the right time....usually after trying umpteen other things. So glad this worked for her 💜
Yayyy, I love seeing Mikkos progress. She has come so far.
When my autistic daughter was about 7 or 8 her teeth were malformed by thumb sucking, Her dentist gave us his glove & book because he wanted us to try it out for him. The manufacturer had sent one to him & he asked us to report how well it worked. I am happy to announce it DID work! Today she is a happy young woman with a beautiful smile.
Good for you, Darling Mikko! So happy you no longer suck your thumb either!
PRECIOUS, I need more information about stimming. I have 2 elementary school aged grandsons who both stim constantly. I just don't fully understand what stimming does. Where can I get more information on this? Thank you!