So the last week has been pretty hectic...We had Emilies party on Saturday...It was so much fun!...Emilie loved playing with her friends Shelby and Sophie...She also enjoyed the presents from our friends!...Her cake turned out great but it was so big that we took the rest of it to the jail for Petes co-workers to enjoy...
We also had the evaluation from the speech pathologist come out last week and do her tests on Emilie...She ranked as a 3 year old in EVERYTHING except talking/communication...Her other motor skills and developmental skills she was average or above average...So when they added up all the scores she still did NOT qualify for speech therapy...But she said she was writing a letter of recommendation to have them accept Emilie into the program anyways because she is very behind in her talking skills...They think they know what her problem is though...Her tongue has always been a bit on the long side and they think that her mouth is just plain lazy...They think that if we were to build up the muscles in her mouth and lips she will be able to talk better...They are coming back out on Thursday to make a one year plan to get her talking...
I felt like the worst mom in the world though...All of the things that my baby says and that I have always been so proud of her for she did not get credit for when she said them during the testing...She says I love you, but since it is not the actual words, but more of the sound with a lot of O's she would not get credit for it...Since she can not say no and instead says Nah, she did not get credit for it...They pretty much only gave her credit for the small words, like mama, dada, nana and hot...I honestly sometimes feel like I let my daughter down...I know that this is something that I probably had no control over, but I can not help but wonder if I would have done something different that, that she would be talking like a normal 2 year old by now...
We will see how all of that goes when we make a plan on Thursday...I just want her talking to be normal...Right now I am afraid of silly things, like that she will never talk normal or she will be behind in school because of her speaking skills...That scares me so much :-(
There is a lot of other stuff going on right now that has just made my stress level rise this last week and some of you are aware of things...I would rather not go into detail right now and may blog about all of that in the future, but if I seem distant please do not take offense to it...I am just trying to figure out who I am anymore.....................................
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I am not sure if you know but JT is very behind on his speaking he only says a few words he does not even say I love you. It is nothing we can do about how we parent a lot of it has to do with the child them self. Jerome should be in speach thearpy but none of our paperwork transfered... I just want you to know it is not how you parent each child learns differntly.
Hey,
Im sorry to hear your stressing, I know everything will work out the way it is supposed to!
I had some of the same problems with Taylor. We couldnt figure out why she wasnt talking like she was supposed to for a 3yr old. Someone suggested i take her to have hear hearing checked. I didnt think much of it till she one day she came to me with the gunk coming out her ears! We took her to an ear/nose doc and sure enough it was her hearing. She ended up having to have tubes put in her ears (in total she ended up getting them three freakin times!!!!) She was hearing muffled so she was talking muffled. I was glad we found out what the problem was but it took her a LONG time to finally get back on track with her speech. She has had to be in speech classes in school and is just now qualifying so she doesnt have to be in them anymore!
It can be stressful, but it WILL all work out and be ok!!
I'm sorry to hear that you are stressing so much! Everything will workout for the best. Just take a few deep, cleansing breaths! As for Emilie's speaking, she will be great and you did not do anything wrong to cause it. Every child develops at different paces. Who is to say what is normal anyways!! It will all workout...I PROMISE!!!
I know...it seems to have flown by so far, but ofcourse now the third trimester is going so slow!! LOL Anything you want to send us is fine!! I have my registry info on my myspace blog if that'll help with ideas, or you could surprise us!! LOL We'll appreciate anything you take the time to send!
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