Thad working with his speech therapist.
Kamby is not happy that Thad is getting the attention.
That has been
working on the "p" sound, it comes out more like an "f" though.
That mouth is always open, with the tongue out, especially when he is focusing.
Our home is like one big speech therapy session. We are always correcting, pronouncing, articulating, and repeating words in order for all the kids to speak clearly. While
Dax and
Graci attend the developmental preschool in order to receive speech services, Thad has a speech therapist that comes to our home.
Kamby appears to be developmentally on target in regards to speech and just about everything else. We first noticed Thad seemed to have issues eating. He has a sensitive mouth and it was always open with his tongue hanging out. He is now 18 months and still has very little babbling, mimicking, or words. He is progressing though. He probably says a new word about every 3-4 weeks. He does a little bit of signing but not much. We have to be sympathetic to the little guy, even if he did talk, he would not get a word in due to his sisters. Between them(always talking over each other) and
Dax (who you can only understand 50% of the time) it would be very hard for him to pick up proper speech. But we are getting there and are greatly encouraged because he did not need eating therapy. He now eats many textures and is chewing and swallowing well. I am very proud that one of his few words is "mama" with an "n" sound but nonetheless it blesses me to hear it.
Thad working with his speech therapist.
Kamby is not happy that Thad is getting the attention.
That has been working on the "p" sound, it comes out more like an "f" though.
That mouth is always open, with the tongue out, especially when he is focusing.
Our home is like one big speech therapy session. We are always correcting, pronouncing, articulating, and repeating words in order for all the kids to speak clearly. While Dax and Graci attend the developmental preschool in order to receive speech services, Thad has a speech therapist that comes to our home. Kamby appears to be developmentally on target in regards to speech and just about everything else. We first noticed Thad seemed to have issues eating. He has a sensitive mouth and it was always open with his tongue hanging out. He is now 18 months and still has very little babbling, mimicking, or words. He is progressing though. He probably says a new word about every 3-4 weeks. He does a little bit of signing but not much. We have to be sympathetic to the little guy, even if he did talk, he would not get a word in due to his sisters. Between them(always talking over each other) and Dax (who you can only understand 50% of the time) it would be very hard for him to pick up proper speech. But we are getting there and are greatly encouraged because he did not need eating therapy. He now eats many textures and is chewing and swallowing well. I am very proud that one of his few words is "mama" with an "n" sound but nonetheless it blesses me to hear it.
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