Ginger. Bread. Man

I am sick of people who font really know my daughter to tell me she's "normal" and leave it alone. I know you shouldn't compare children, but between preschool, dance class, and friends of mine who have children, I see many 3 year olds saying things I never would hear come from Livvie. Questions, conversations, jokes, asking for play dates. Liv has come a long way but she is still not on level with her peers. Especially with story comprehension at school. She must shut down; too much for her or she is too tired to try. Only once has she been able to talk about a story "the gingerbread man" and probably because of its repetitive nature. "Run, run as fast as you can..." I had to coach her on answering "the gingerbread man" because she couldn't recall his name when asked. Even now when she says it, it's slightly staccato: "ginger. Bread. Man".