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Post by Ericsmomma on Jul 13, 2005 5:22:48 GMT -5
Rickismom,
Thanks for the encouragement....we are hoping that with the T&A he will be in school more so his therapy will be consistent. Maybe this will be his "breakthrough" year! Dolly
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Post by Claire on Jul 16, 2005 20:45:01 GMT -5
I'm in the same boat. Adam is 7 and is just starting to vocalize some things like "juice please" which souds more like : OOZE PEEZE"and stuff like that. I think that we understood him for so long the way he wined that he did not need to talk. Now when he wines we simply tell him :Use your words Adam" We have tried everything and I think like the speech pathologist told us he will speak when he is ready. I understand him perfectly well, but stranger don't. Wish a had a miracle solution if you find one e-mail me at my personal e-mail. Hang in there I know it gets frustrating.
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Post by ethansmammy on Aug 3, 2005 18:22:53 GMT -5
Hello there
My son has just turned 4 and your question/concern had me wondering haw many words can Ethan say, so I have just been writing them down and he says at least 60. His basic everyday words are: yes/no please/thank you up/down hello/bye bye more/all done go/stop, alot of the other words he says are food items, vehicles (of course as he's a boy) and animals. He doesn't say Mammy every day in fact hardly at all - although I have heard him say it. He also doesn't always come out with the words without prompting.
I guess I am replying because I wanted to let you know that we (until last year) did not live in an area where therapies were readily available so Ethan has not had much at all in the way of speech therapy. When we moved last year to an area with services I threw him into everything including play school two mornings a week. The funny thing is with the move, play school, and starting speech and occupational therapy all at once - it was too much for him and he stopped talking altogether, this time last year he would not say one word - and I was very worried!!! So I stopped the formal therapy and kept him on at play school and he was much happier, we still have not started speech therapy although the therapist gave me ideas to work on at home. So don't beat yourself up about taking a summer off - I firmly believe they will speak when they are able and we can help them along with therapy - whether formal or at home yourself but ultimately it's down to the little ones themselves. I have expectations of Ethan - for example when I know he can say a word I expect him to use that word especially please and thank you - now he usually says thank you automatically without prompting. It's a very SLOW process and frustrating too but when I thing how far he has come in the last year I can only hope..........
I have also found Love and Learning and Baby Einstein to be really helpful - Ethan and his baby sister (22 months) will shout out the words in the car along to the movie, Isabel can say more than Ethan already but I hope this is going to encourage him.
Anyway I'm waffling, the best of luck with your little man, I actually came on-line to look up potty training as I don't know where to start..... I'm sure there is a topic on unomas I'll go and have a look........
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