So the stats are in. Little M had his two year check up. These are his percentiles 35.69% Weight, 48.94% Length, Head...Drumroll.......93.0%. I was very pleased to see that his head is not off the charts anymore! I knew he was looking a bit more proportionate.All was going well with the appointment until the Dr. asked how many words little M was saying. I said "about six, and really he can't finish any of his words, ex: ma, da, ba, do, moe and his favorite word Ah, but if you count mouthing words he can say a lot more". The doctor replied "mouthing words does not count, and neither do the other words because those are not words." So he suggested that I get him evaluated by "kids on the move" to see if he is eligible for speech therapy. Well those stats are also in, and he is eligible. He is in the 1% for speech in his age group. The nice lady who came and assessed him said he is speaking about how a 14 month old would speak. So really only 10 months behind.
Honestly I was not too shocked because I have been worried about his speech for a while, I am just glad we can start working on it, although there is something about him not talking that makes him still seem like a baby and I love it. So I am just going to enjoy him and not stress about the stats.
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Little M is too cute. Even if he doesn't talk he gets his point across... and nobody can mouth grandma cuter.
Take it from someone who plays a lot of scrabble, most of those are words. I wouldn't stress it. Rocky went to speech therapy until he was old enough to refuse to go and he is a lawyer now or at least he was for a little while.
Oh Mindy, I know how you feel. On Janie's 2nd birthday, she was jabbering a lot, but we couldn't really understand what she was saying and even her single words were almost unrecognizable. I never took her to her 2 year check up cause I was worried about what the doctor would say. Now all of the sudden, just within the last 3 weeks, she is saying full recognizable sentences and singing Annie showtunes. I'm sure your little guy is fine, and as long as he is making an effort to talk, he'll be fine. I guess I'll schedule the 2-year check up now (four months late.)
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