Wonk Wonk

Ziggy just wonked me.

I was talking to him, regular conversation. We're having fun, all of a sudden, he reached up to my boobs, with both hands, and went WONK WONK! with pinchy fingers.

I don't know where he got it from, I know I didn't respond correctly, because I burst out laughing. Which you should never do to a child with Autism when he does something in appropriate. Because, for Ziggy, that meant, I was having a good time.

I said, "No Ziggy, that's not appropriate." (I am trying to grow my vocabulary for him. Moving away from words like, "stop!" "don't" "no" and my favorite "Lord Jesus!")

So for half the evening, I was wonked unexpectedly. I kept trying to redirect him. Finally, after being Wonked for the 20th time. I wonked him back. Which he didn't like. Because I too am a little quirky, I wonked him several more times unexpectedly.

The very last time, he grabbed my hands and screamed, "Dammit! I said stop mama!"

So I did. Did I address the dammit part? No. He used the word in the right context and he said all the letters. It enhanced his sentence, just like SpongeBob said it would.