Hard to believe this precious Girl doesn't say much, huh?
Well she doesn't... not too much anyway.
It all started at Emme's 18 month check-up.
Eric took her instead of the usual me because I wasn't feeling well.
He mentioned to the Doctor our concerns about her not mimicking words and can only say about 5-10 at that.
She said the military offers Speech Therapy but the places that are covered under our Insurance have a 6 month waiting list.
We figured get her on the list and if it doesn't improve by her second birthday we'd get her seen.
We got a call almost 4 months into the waiting (she is 22 months now) to have Emme come in for an Evaluation to see if she would need Sp Th.
Eric and I took her in on Tuesday and met with the Therapist.
As we we're sitting in the waiting area I should mention this place is a resource for all therapy needed by children.
There were children in the waiting area with disorders like Cerebral Palsy and Autism and Kids who needed walkers.
Needless to say just waiting there for 1/2 hour was breaking our hearts.
I always get choked up thinking of Children with such disorders so to see it first hand one after another was about to break me. Eric bless his heart had to take his phone out and watch youtube videos to keep his mind distracted. I quickly followed but still would sneak a peek to these Mothers faces. It was safe to say the energy in the area was just plain sad. A couple Mothers of Autistic children were sitting across from each other and started a conversation about financial problems and about a minute into it they both started to cry. It filled me with so many emotions.
Some Mothers had zero patience with the siblings of the disabled kids and were not concerned on who was around to see.
This, especially, was not the place to judge ANYTHING that was happening. The thought of even doing so sickens me.
I dislike close-minded people and constantly have to remind myself to never jump to the easy conclusion of things. You never know the full story and have no idea what people have been through.
Us being Children of God it has been told to us that it is not our place.
All that being said you bet your sweet tooshie we thanked God for our healthy Girl extra that day.
Back to the eval session.
Emme was seen by a sweet lady and Eric and I just sat back in the office while she got down on the floor with Emme to do her thing.
We were absolutely taken aback with how smart our baby was. We always knew she was but I was so focused on " oh no...she's not talking" thoughts. It was frustrating to know that I knew she knew these things but she just doesn't feel like expressing them verbally yet.
Eric and I got very emotional to see her point to ALL the right things and pass all the tests with flying colors... Except for the speech part, of course.. which we already knew.
We agreed that this is the proudest we've been of her. EVER.
Our little sponge =)
The Therapist told us that she should be in the range of saying 50 + words instead of the 10-15 she does know.
We start therapy in two weeks 2 x's a week!
We are very excited for our girl to get this opportunity.
After leaving the appointment we couldn't stop giving her kisses and telling her how proud we were of her.
She usually pulls away from kisses like a toddler does, but she welcomed them like she knew she just did something amazing.
We got some amazing tips and can't wait to try them out!
Mommy loves you
xoxoxo
Well she doesn't... not too much anyway.
It all started at Emme's 18 month check-up.
Eric took her instead of the usual me because I wasn't feeling well.
He mentioned to the Doctor our concerns about her not mimicking words and can only say about 5-10 at that.
She said the military offers Speech Therapy but the places that are covered under our Insurance have a 6 month waiting list.
We figured get her on the list and if it doesn't improve by her second birthday we'd get her seen.
We got a call almost 4 months into the waiting (she is 22 months now) to have Emme come in for an Evaluation to see if she would need Sp Th.
Eric and I took her in on Tuesday and met with the Therapist.
As we we're sitting in the waiting area I should mention this place is a resource for all therapy needed by children.
There were children in the waiting area with disorders like Cerebral Palsy and Autism and Kids who needed walkers.
Needless to say just waiting there for 1/2 hour was breaking our hearts.
I always get choked up thinking of Children with such disorders so to see it first hand one after another was about to break me. Eric bless his heart had to take his phone out and watch youtube videos to keep his mind distracted. I quickly followed but still would sneak a peek to these Mothers faces. It was safe to say the energy in the area was just plain sad. A couple Mothers of Autistic children were sitting across from each other and started a conversation about financial problems and about a minute into it they both started to cry. It filled me with so many emotions.
Some Mothers had zero patience with the siblings of the disabled kids and were not concerned on who was around to see.
This, especially, was not the place to judge ANYTHING that was happening. The thought of even doing so sickens me.
I dislike close-minded people and constantly have to remind myself to never jump to the easy conclusion of things. You never know the full story and have no idea what people have been through.
Us being Children of God it has been told to us that it is not our place.
All that being said you bet your sweet tooshie we thanked God for our healthy Girl extra that day.
Back to the eval session.
Emme was seen by a sweet lady and Eric and I just sat back in the office while she got down on the floor with Emme to do her thing.
We were absolutely taken aback with how smart our baby was. We always knew she was but I was so focused on " oh no...she's not talking" thoughts. It was frustrating to know that I knew she knew these things but she just doesn't feel like expressing them verbally yet.
Eric and I got very emotional to see her point to ALL the right things and pass all the tests with flying colors... Except for the speech part, of course.. which we already knew.
We agreed that this is the proudest we've been of her. EVER.
Our little sponge =)
The Therapist told us that she should be in the range of saying 50 + words instead of the 10-15 she does know.
We start therapy in two weeks 2 x's a week!
We are very excited for our girl to get this opportunity.
After leaving the appointment we couldn't stop giving her kisses and telling her how proud we were of her.
She usually pulls away from kisses like a toddler does, but she welcomed them like she knew she just did something amazing.
We got some amazing tips and can't wait to try them out!
Mommy loves you
xoxoxo
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