Our little guy turns 20 months tomorrow (stop it right now little boy! you're approaching 2yrs too quickly) and although he has surpassed so many of our expectations - walking to the point of wanting to run - why do kids do that?! - and now able to carry objects across the room and even push himself up to stand in the middle of the room (wow. I mean wow. I was impressed) there is one area that had to be looked into. Speech. Our little guy is not a talker - though he has grown increasingly verbal as his walking has kicked in - his expressive vocabulary is still stuck at "mama" and "dada". He can find a ball, cat, ring, train, book, blanket, duck, cow, penguin, hat, puppy, cup, m&m, lion (should I go on? you get it right) in any scenario - but he has no interest in "saying" anything. Therefore we are taking the next step - a speech evaluation. The first thing on our "to-do" list from our PT was to have his hearing checked again. So while we were pretty sure he could hear - we couldn't be sure how well he was hearing each sound - so we took him yesterday for his hearing test. And...drumroll please....HE PASSED with flying colors. :) Our little guy can hear just fine - which means when I say his name and he doesn't turn around or I yell "stop!" when he's running away from me in Target and he keeps going...he's just ignoring me...cute Jet...real cute...
Almost as cute as these adorable Koala ears.
Thanks Auntie Katie - you're so crafty. ;)
So for now - we know it's not a hearing difficulty. So we can proceed with meeting with a speech therapist and see if she can teach my child to yell "No!" at me instead of "Baa!" like he does right now. Won't that be great. ;)
But I'm not too worried. I want him to be able to communicate with me - I don't want him to get frustrated - but he's pretty good at getting his point across - so I'm going to be patient with the "talking" and take it one day at a time. After all...that's how we got to this point...one day at a time and now my little boy is running down hills in his Nina's front yard.
To be fair there is really no way not to "run" down a hill with all that gravity working with ya.
And admit it - it is so much fun.
I have no idea what happened with this picture - but there is something kind of magical about it.
Everyday is something new -
Sometimes it's big - sometimes it's just little changes that let you know life is still going...
the earth is still spinning...
Laughter is still contagious...
Love is still abounding...
And all of it....all of Life...is a wonderful...beautiful...gift.
11 comments:
Oh my goodness...That last picture was so gorgeous! He gets cuter with every post...And I'm so glad to hear good news about the hearing test! Yay jet!
sigh* i feel better now. thanks for the fix. ; )
His cuteness makes me smile! Yay for passing the hearing test! We were at the same point when Brenden was close to 2 and we started speech....now we tell him to be quiet sometimes :) Have you tried the Nordic Naturals 3-6-9? When we started that Brenden had new words everyday!
I bet his speech will take off now that he's walking. They can only work on one thing at a time, right? :)
Nate is so fond of running that sometimes his therapist makes him practice "just" walking! Little boys love to run!
He's adorable! And so is that hat!!!
Hat is gorgeous!
Sad without any "bunny face" pictures.
Melting into those beautiful brown eyes!
Happy Jet can hear, but a little smile crossed my face about his stubbornness and already ignoring his momma. Jet!!!
Praying for answers and a plan after the speech evaluation...just another hurdle to LEAP over! :)
Oh my, that is the cutest hat ever!!
I agree with Colleen-once he feels he has this walking thing down solid, he'll come around with the talking. Also, FISH OIL!!! It seriously worked miracles for Nate, and quick. Like within DAYS. Speech therapy helped, too. He actually was technically "dismissed" from it because he is now age appropriate! And you keep telling Jet Man to stop it! There is absolutely NO WAY he can almost be two. I remember finding your blog before he even came home. It simply can not have been that long already. Jet, you listen to your momma! ;o) Much love!
I've never commented before (I don't think), but have been reading since before my Davis was born 9ish months ago. Jet is absolutely adorable, and gives me so much HOPE for my boy! Thank you!
And, a side note...as a Speech Pathologist, I can say that Colleen is right. When kids are making such HUGE gains in motor skills, their speech/language skills take a back seat. (And visa-versa.) I would imagine that once he starts speech therapy, his speech will come along nicely! :)
Totally agree with the one-thing-at-a-time thing! Good luck with the speech assessment. LOVE the picture of him running - the wild eyes are killer. Do you ever find it hard to get stuff done with that little face in front of you all day long??
Great pics...as usual! :)
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