Part of the purpose of keeping this journal is to keep track of the cute things that kids say. Well, I have fallen off of that mark lately. I know that Sydney said a couple of things this week that now for the life of me I can't remember. Hopefully it will come to me later.
On Friday we took Jason for his speech assessment & I took Sydney with me. Although we had the talk before we went in that Mommy needed to talk to this woman & Sydney would need to play on her own, she kept asking me over & over to read a Curious George book. I felt so bad for saying 'no' and we never got a chance to read it when the session was over either.
As for Jason, he did pretty good showing her what he was supposed to show her. I was fearful that we would go in & he would just sit beside me the whole time. Fortunately she had some pretty good toys. She noted that he doesn't have very many different sounds, which makes it difficult to have a lot of words. She said his comprehension is very good, so good that we will need to be careful that we work hard to break our speech down into short phrases. Talking in normal sentences with him does not give him the chance to model words back to us. So, if you are around us & you hear us saying the same thing to Jason over & over again, you will know why. She also stated that his personality (stubborn) will make it even more difficult to see changes. He will do things in his own time- don't we know it!!!
So, Brad & I will be taking a Parent Course that will give us tools to help him & have a few sessions to monitor his progress. Let's just hope the time they call us for the group will work!
This weekend we are kid-free. Sydney & Jason are with Aunt Kim, Uncle Peter, Nana & Regan while Brad & I are putting the kitchen floor down & painting- will update you on that later.
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