For those that don't know, she is a lady of no "real" words. She has lots of babble and expression when she "talks" to us, but it is very frustrating at times for her and us since we don't really know what she is trying to say or ask.
Her doctor decided that we should take her in to get evaluated to to make sure that nothing was wrong. I was glad that he didn't want to just brush it off, and that he wanted to be sure nothing was being missed.
So, this morning Ally and I went and played, read books, blew bubbles and talked to her Great therapist and what we figured out and what we already knew, is that Ally is very smart, bright and very strong willed. We did tests and I helped answer questions about her, and she is up to date on everything, except her speech. She is at a 12 month age when it comes to her speech. Her therapist is 98% sure that the reason that Ally isn't talking is due to the fact that she spent the majority of 5 months sick. This winter as I have mentioned MANY TIMES, she was sick with everything out there and it was continuous. The Therapist mentioned that even though she may not have actually gotten an ear infection, it doesn't mean that her ears weren't affected during the illnesses, meaning, plugged or muffled. How can we expect her to learn a language when she couldn't hear it? So if you do the math, she was sick for the majority of 5 months, and she is "talking" at a 12 months level, she is where she should be due to the 5-6 month delay.
Does that make any sense at all? It makes me feel better to know that she is alright, it's just due to the fact that she was so sick for so long that it slowed her down a bit.
We have a game plan to catch her up with her peers. I have things that I learned today that I am going to do here, like "The 4 S's", Holding object to our mouths and saying it with eye contact, Repetition, and not holding her while reading but facing her, so she can see our mouths. We go back in 2 weeks to see how she has improved and see what else we can try.
I'm just happy to hear that she is fine and will be even better soon. Honestly in 6 months we will probably be looking for an off switch!
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I don't see you guys much and I've never heard Ally speak, but that makes me wonder about Audrey. She wasn't sick like Ally and is a few months older and her speech is slacking, in my opinion. But I am told it's the second child deal where the older one talks more so the 2nd child holds off a bit until ready. hmmm?
I have also heard that the second child often is a bit slower to speak and that is what we were and are still a little bit blaming it on, but with her it's rather extreme. She won't even say, Mama, Dada, Hi or bye, which are often the very first ones that come around the first bday.
Yeah that totally makes sense! I'm sure she'll catch up in no time :)
I don't know about that second child thing...Amy talked earlier than Lucy did, and has a much larger vocabulary than most kids who are twice Amy's age. It could be that MY kid is the weird one...I am very open to that possibility.
Oh, and the 5/6 month delay makes TOTAL sense. Kudos to you for taking her in and being proactive about it. She'll be much better off than if you had waited until she was older...she may have been even farther delayed by then. She'll be right on track before you know it.
Phia is 18 months and just now starting to say Thank You, Daddy, Momma and Hi...Sidney was a very late talker as well, which you may remember, so we haven't gotten all worked up about it...yet. But makes TOTAL sense about being sick for so long and not hearing the language in the first place!
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