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I love you too, Carrie!
right back at you! (thought-fully)
of course!
I thought of you today (getting stuck with your wc) while I was out walking in some newly found mud in my garden.
Be glad you're just thinking about it - sorry, I'm not trying to be sour. I'll be MUCH happier when the mud turns into dirt. DH can finish his life's work of surrounding the house with a concrete path, then. (That's why we can never move!) xx, Carrie
Carrie:
I was thinking of you getting stuck simply because I was wearing my house slippers and one popped off, right into the mud! And I stepped down onto a cold, soggy ground. Ugh!
Ha ha ha I NEVER do that - never step on ANYTHING yucky! xx, Carrie
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Hi everyone! Just checking in to let you know I'm still alive and well! Hope all of you are doing great! (Haven't had time to read all of the posts so I don't know what is going on!!) Eleanor
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Hello Eleanor!
Hi Eleanor, nice to hear from you. I have trouble keeping up too. Looks like spring has come to your neighborhood too. Pretty.
Eleanor, you don't have to "read" the posts, just meditate on them and you'll know what's been going on!
Oh, PrimroseSue!!!!!!
Funny.
I thought we were supposed to be sending posts by ESP, but I'm not recieving anything. I could be brain-dead!!! LOL I think I've been working to hard trying to get Colin to say some words - real words, not babble. He can now say shoe! :-) Eleanor
I think you should relax - he'll say something if he really needs to, won't he? Or is that the kind of thing that stupid people say when they have no clue what's going on? I mean to say, is his MD on top of his talking situation?
My DSGS (DH DGS) didn't speak well at all for the first three or four years of his life. He had speech therapy and a little bit of intervention. Now he enunciates extremely well, far better than any adult I know. He's a little behind socially - I hope he learns how to say "hi" at the playground more often. And his little brother has some major actual hearing loss. At only 22 mos, it's too early to be able to diagnose very accurately what he's hearing and what he's not hearing.
xxx, Carrie
His pediatrician actually suggested having him evaluated. My daughter has been dragging her feet on the issue because of fear of what they are going to find. He's a smart little boy but he just can't seem to figure out how to form words with his mouth. He can't communicate his wants or wishes at all and the doctor is concerned about it. He gets very frustrated and throws temper tantrums because he can't tell us what he wants. He can't tell us when he is hungry, tired, or what he wants to play with. He is just starting to come and get me if he wants something and he will look at me and scream until I guess correctly what he wants. He will be 2 years old on April 13th and the doctor says he should be able to make short sentences and he only has a few words he can say that are understood - bye, bye, wow, OK, quack (although it doesn't sound like that) and now shoe!! His mother was talking before she was a year old which I know was the other extreme. I would just feel more comfortable knowing if there is a problem or not, and if there is, getting help for him. His mother is hoping that if she ignores the issue then it will go away or that it doesn't even exist. (His mother and father are another problem altogether and most of the time their own needs come first) Thanks for caring Carrie. He is supposed to have an appointment this coming Wednesday but I have a feeling that my daughter really didn't make it. He had an appointment almost a month ago that she said was cancelled and the agency never called her back to reschedule. She has a history of doing things like this - not taking him to the doctor and getting his shots. I have taken over that responsibility of making sure he gets to the doctor for his checkups. I'll keep you posted on the outcome. Eleanor
Eleanor:
I wouldn't worry so much about Colin's speech right now. He has a pretty good vocabulary already it seems. And, if he can make his intentions known in another manner, well, that's communicating, too.
But I'm sorry about your daughter's reaction to doctor visits. I'm sure that must be difficult for all of you.
Thank goodness he has you. I hope all goes well Eleanor.
grammyphoeb, I hope the delayed speech and language skills all sort out for your grandson. Not to make light of the situation but there is a great story about a non speaker who startled everyone at the dinner table one night with a full sentence of "Please pass the peas." and when asked why he never spoke before, he said he didn't need anything before. I too am glad you are being mindful of his needs. Patti
Thanks guys for caring and letting me express my feelings about the situation. I am hopeful everything will turn out OK - but I do worry! Eleanor
Eleanor, have you guys thought about teaching him some basic sign language?
Ooo Eleanor, how frustrating for both of you! Basic sign language is a great idea and there should be some information on babies signing on the 'net as it has become quite popular. Thank goodness you are there for Colin! I don't want to imagine his life without you. Have we seen a picture of him lately?
We go to Kindermusik on Saturday mornings and they do some sign language there but he has not picked up on it yet. I think sign language is a good idea cause he is more apt to follow people's movements than try to talk. We've been working on YMCA and other movements to songs. I haven't posted a pic of him in a long time because of security on the internet, but I can't resist the grammy temptation to show off my little man!!
This one was taken a couple of months ago!! Eleanor
I would not start sign language or anything like that before he is definitively diagnosed.
It's fine Victor. Anything that promotes communication is good. It's not like they give up on speech, just another road to expression.
I had two deaf children in school when I taught music and sign language was always done with speech. I had the same interpreter for each child and she always spoke when she was interpreting so that the child could see the formation of spoken words with the mouth for lip reading. It's actually a good second language to have as more deaf children are included in the regular classroom. Colin and I were watching a Sesame Street DVD last night and something caught my attention in the DVD that is repeated in all of the DVD's he watches - Bob the Builder, Barney, Baby Einstein and Curious George! They are puppets or animations and their mouths don't move to form words and sounds. He loves watching DVD's and probably watches too many. I try to limit watching them to just before bedtime and use it also for cuddle time but I know he watches TV all of the time when at home. There are also conditions or deformaties of the mouth that can contribute to delayed speech - he does have a rather large tongue and his teeth are a mess so there could be problems with his mouth and jaw. His teeth are very crooked and when younger he would choke often when eating - he's better at that but still will choke occassionally. Evaluation under the cirsumstances is the best way to go and I don't see where a few hand signs will hurt him as long as he hears the words for them and spoken language is still the main concern. Some of his toys that are small like his building blocks I keep in plastic containers and if he wants them opened he will take my hand and put it on the container. When his baby MP3 player has worn out batteries he runs to me screeming with it in his hand. He is kinda developing his own sign language but I always include the words for those two things: open, fix!! If he wants a story he will bring a book to me and I tell him - read! We do a lot of music also and when listening to his MP3 player (I've downloaded his favorite songs onto it) or a CD there is again, no visual of the mouth forming the words! We would just learn a few hand signs for fun to help him with communicating and spoken language wouldn't be eliminated altogether. Eleanor
They do have a Baby Einstein , sign language DVD. But that is one bit of research they've done about watching too much tv may delay, speech. My son who is now 5 didn't talk till real late, dr was never concerned but as it was he always had his "binkie" in his mouth so that was probably a part of the problem, but now he won't SHUT UP!!!! be careful what you wish for :) HEE HEE He's currently in his "why?" stage, UGH!
I would just worry if tantrums become his primary means of communicating. Or I guess that's what I'm most worried about. When I was a parent of little girls, I learned to say "use your words" instead of grabbing pulling punching hitting pinching biting etc. One of them now manipulates very well with words and the other still hasn't quite internalized the message. LOL, we parents can't win, or we always win, one or the other, LOL. xx, Carrie
Just read that A-Rod makes more this year than the entire Marlins team, including those on the disabled list. How ridiculous is that??!
The problem with ball players . . . is that many of them are too selfish and greedy. They should all follow Tom Brady's example (are there others?) and allow the team to use all that extra money for new players.
I like the Patriots, but can't say Tom Brady sets good examples. At least not in real life.
My thoughts exactly, Kinda cute, if you like them young and immature, though. xx, C
Yes, I agree that he's not much of an example with his personal life - has he never heard of condoms? Or abstinence?
I haven't been to a major league game since that baseball strike (late 80's early 90's) can't remember exactly when that was. Upper deck tickets were $6 I don't even want to know what they are now.
i *think* Tom Brady is football.
In another sign of civilization gone mad, rapper Jay-Z just got a $150 million dollar contract.