Birdy ABC's Anyone?

I'm beginning to wonder whether I am insane or if Avonleah is teetering on the edge of fantasy world retardation. . .I no longer have a human child who speaks real words! Scott and & I spent three years trying to coax sounds out of her that had some semblance of understandable English, just enough mind you so that I could stop being a little parrot interpreter that followed her around in case she actually had to be understood by anyone. Now suddenly she cannot speak, in fact just this morning I literally had a dog. . .a jumping . . .licking . . .barking dog, who refused to say anything besides, "woof woof" and no matter how much I threatened to beat some sense into her she responded with only "woof woof, " or "puppy wants a puppy treat woof woof." By mid-day "puppy" had been sent to the pound for euthanization and "kitty" came slinking over to my leg . . . sweet, cute kitty that licks it's paws and rubs itself on my leg while making meowing sounds that make me want to hurl myself over a cliff! Today a new friend arrived . . . "little bird" came to sing ABC's and I managed to coax out a little human singing before she began to trail off into fantasy world again. . .maybe it's enough proof that those preschool moments together are actually working.