A few weeks ago Katie started making some really exciting leaps forward in her speech.
She's killing her ABC's. She now recognizes every uppercase letter in the alphabet and can say all but 4. She pronounces some correctly and some are her own little variations. We're going to work on the remaining letters...J, L, Q and R.
She's totally obsessed with them and points them out all day long...in stores and while we're driving.
Two months ago (at 23 months old) she only had about 6 words, but today it's at least 20. They're not all "correct" words, but at this age it apparently doesn't matter as far as speech therapy is concerned. As long as she uses them appropriately and consistently, they count. Some of her more recent words are "Mee" for Milk, "Oww" for Owl and "Daddy" in place of Dada.
One of her favorites is still "Bia", which she demonstrated once again at the grocery store this morning. Sigh. But her latest is "Booga" which we think is her first multi-syllabic word that isn't a duplicated syllable (ie. dada, mama or nana). We have a green Starbucks Halloween cup with a monster that has a big eye on it, and we'd come at her with it saying "booga booga booga". I guess it took. We're really teaching her the important stuff!
We restarted speech therapy. Our program stops all sessions if a parent is attending the Hanen program, which I was until December. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. Our sessions feel like a play session with little focus on speech so far. We're trying to decide how much (if any) private therapy time we should add to her schedule. We only have 1 session a month at the moment but I think we may need to add some more now while she's doing so well with new sounds.
I'll post a full update on Katie soon. Just writing it up now....
6 comments:
Oh wow you sure have a talker now! Congrats! My son is 20 months and only says one word which is "BAWH" (Ball) Incessantly over and over again. I can't wait till some new word come!
I just came to your blog via "Moriah" and just have to say that your daughter is adorable. Also wanted you to know that my oldest son had meningitis at 5 months old. We were told that "IF" he lived thru the night he would probably be blind, deaf, have seizures, etc. He is 28 years old now..in the Marine Corps Reserves (l tour in Iraq) a full time police officer and trying to finish his degree. (He got distracted when he went to college after high school by girls, partying, etc..lol) His only problems from the meningitis is dyslexia and he had some issues with hyperactivity when he was younger....ok, he still does, lol. Anyway, don't ever let the medical profession limit your expectations/hopes for your child. God doesn't follow their guidelines! Rita
That's great! And love the pics.
Our son is three now and has spoke one word, we are now signing as it is easier for him. He was trached at twenty-nine days old, watching his twin is bitter sweet as our hearts pang for where he should be.
It is amazing how our worlds can unravel in the blink of an eye.
Your daughter is gorgeous and her smile is infectious, congratulations on the speech, so very exciting!
Thanks so much for sharing your story and your gorgeous girl with the world through your blog. I stumbled upon your blog today and was shocked at the similar starts to our stories.
My son developed GBS/bacterial meningitis (and sepsis) at 6 weeks old (10 days after we brought him home from a 28 day stay in the NICU after he was born 8 weeks early). My MFM believes that he contracted the GBS in the NICU, since, like you, I was negative, had a c/s (and I was on Vancomycin before I ever was able to see or touch him due to complications from my delivery). He also only had one clear symptom - grunting with each breath (he didn't even have a fever). I brought him to the ER, where I was shrugged off by the doc as a hysterical new mom. Thankfully, my pediatrician called my cell and asked if I was comfortable bringing him home. When I said no, she demanded a 2nd opinion from a neonatologist, which saved his life.
I'm so pleased to read that Katie is progressing well. She is a true miracle.
Good Job Katie! That is so exciting Kristine, I can't wait to see Katie and hear her talk.
We will have to have a visit soon.
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