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My little is being evaluated for speech delay on Thursday. I hate putting labels on kids, but if she does have a problem then I would rather get help for her sooner rather than later.
Does anybody have a 19 month-old? If so how many words does he/she have?
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DD had her regular Early On session last night and the teacher suggested we start signing with her too. I was a little leary but it sounds like it might be a good idea after all.We'll give it a shot.In the meantime, DD said "Star" last night to go with twinkle twinkle and I think she said "book" too! OK, the star thing I thought was iffy but the teacher was there and she's sure that's what DD was getting at. So I'm happy to take her word for it.Still no "mom" though.
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Nikki, signing helped wonders while Kelcee was in ST. Made her life and mine much easier. We have done ST for 10 months and Kelcee has come leaps and bounds from where she was. We did get approved for more ST in the school system and with preschool aid. Continue it as long as they will let you. Lupe have a wonderful and safe trip.
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Great news. I know when Kelcee passed her hearing test I thought thank goodness that is one less thing that I have to deal with and we'll just see what comes next.
I remember how nervous I was when DD had her hearing test done. I just kept thinking, there can't be anything else wrong, there just can't. Luckily she too was fine. I don't know about the rest of you ladies, but sometimes I think that doctors hear the word "adopted" and immediately start ordering tests. We're actually switching peds over this issue.
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Denice: Boy do I wish I had your ped.I just found out a week ago that two other kids DD's age who are also not walking, one not even pulling up yet, are just now getting tested for motor delays or other issues.Mind you, they sent DD for testing before she was 11 months old. On the basis of the fact that she was rolling, not crawling, and not pulling up. I really wasn't happy at this news.
Our ped was concerned when at 15 months, TJ didn't say anything. By 18 months, he said about 8 or 9 words. She mentioned speech therapy, but I chose to wait a few more months. He is now 21 months old and has about a 25 word vocabulary (flush being one of his favorites!). I don't know if this is normal or not. However, he can tell you the sound each letter of the alphabet makes; at least the one's he is physically capable of saying (q and x are difficult). I credit Leapfrog Letter Factory with this. This is the only video he watches on our long drives to the lakehouse. I was singing the song last weekend "Every letter makes a sound, the A says..." and he said aaaaa. I was floored. So we did it for each letter and he knew almost all of them.
I tried working with him like saying "up" each time we put him in the highchair, or "down" each time I got him down, but fact of the matter is, they will say what they want to say when they want. Don't misunderstand me, many of his words are not clear. Water comes out wawa, slide is side, light is ite, but I know what he means, so I count them as words. We will see if his ped agrees at his 2 year check-up.
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Betelnut - Thanks! I actually have that book, I just haven't given it to her to read (j/k), but 6 words only, really, then she's way ahead of the game. Thanks!
Her evaluation results came back as not needing services, but to get her retested at 2 yo if I'm still worried. Honestly I think she's good!