"NL" wrote in message
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Kat wrote:
"NL" wrote in message

No, she says things. She doesn't stop when she can't say them, and it's
almost like she's fully understanding herself, which I'm sure she is.
Like a few words I can think of... "Elephant" - it's more like "fefent".
"Walmart" = mamat, supper = suppie... There's probably a lot more, but I
find that most words she uses are not correct, sometimes not even close,
but
she does still use them. Also, it's the string of words. Never more
than 2
words at a time, as if she comes out with 3, it's so rare. And would be
something that starts with her name or Mommy. Mommy more milk, or
something
like that.

Well, that's good. Sam did say some word where it took me ages to figure
out what he meant "aloho" - Haferflocken (oatmeal) "baba" - Kaba
(cocoa). It took for ever until he was saying something that came close
to a sentence...

Those are just things to also look for because they might indicate a
different problem, so that's why I mentioned that.

But, still definitely worth considering, even if it doesn't apply here.

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Oh god my morning was awesome today! Sara didn't fully wake up when I
put her into the chariot (doesn't that sound awesome, it's not horse
drawn, it's the bike trailer) and when I got back from dropping Sam off
at school she barely woke up so I put her back into bed, crawled in with
her, set my alarm to 10:30 and was asleep 10 minutes later.
Unfortunately my laundry is very much behind now, as is my kitchen
cleanup... But man I'm feeling well rested!

Must be nice My girls kill eachother in the Chariot - I know of them,
they're made in Calgary, which is pretty much local to me LOL I love
mine,
but what a PITA when I need both girls in it... And it's a shame they
don't
make them as a triple, which will probably come in handy fairly soon for
me
LOL Might have to invest in a single as well and push one ahead of me
and
pull the other behind me hahahah

*lol* when I bought mine and checked out the instructions I was laughing
so hard at some of those attachments you can buy for it. But that
contraption where you strap yourself in in front of the chariot might
come in handy for you there *duck*

HAHAHA I already have all the available attachment kits for my Chariot...
The strolling wheels, the jogging wheel, the bike attachment, the hiking
attachment (which is probably the one you're thinking about by pulling
behind using the wheels) and the X-country ski attachment (which also pulls
behind, but it has skiis you use instead of the wheels for in the snow) LOL
I bought the hiking kit with the thought that if need be, I *might* be able
to pull it behind me if I need to push a second stroller, but then I figured
that for the first little while anyway, I'll probably not even bother with a
newborn in a stroller... I carried all the kids either on my front or back
until they were too heavy for me to handle or they started to hate being
carried. I do use the hiking kit, however, for some trails we've gone to
locally... and really looking forward to when we go camping in July - to
finally be able to hike around there with a little less issue lol

I'm lucky now if the girls sleep til 830, quarter to 9 in the morning
now.
Sure beats the 6am wakings with them - or mainly with DD1 and then her
waking DD2 up!
I'm on a roll with the laundry, the kitchen is a disaster, but if it
counts
for anything, I spent a lot of time doing massive cleaning in there just
2
days ago, I think it was!


I'm so confused with all of this now, it's not even funny anymore.

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It's just so confusing, and on top of everything
else, plus a pregnancy brain, it's just overwhelming, especially on my
own


I know it's overwhelming at first when you don't know where to go yet
and everything's just this mass of information that you have to wade
through... But once you've figured out some bits everything else will
fall into place and as soon as you have some appointments scheduled you
can kind of work from there.

Yes, I'm sure hoping it kind of goes that way!
I almost feel like I am running around, blind, in circles. As of right now,
we've seen 2 speech pathologists/people since DD1 turned 2 (one right after
she turned 2, then the same one again right after she turned 3) and then the
second one was the other day. I also have been talking to a friend and
although she's full of info, I find I'm often a little confused with all
this info just thrown in my face and feel like I'm standing there with,
"There! Figure THAT out!!" or something lol

Have you talked to your pediatrician about speech therapy at an actual
speech therapist and not in a preschool kind of setting?
That's how we started out.

Well, I originally brought it up with my pediatrician - at her 2 year
checkup. He's the one that gave the initial referral for the hospital
speech place, and I've just gone from there. She has a last-second
appointment for the morning of Jan 2 - for the post-op physical, I guess it
is, which is scheduled for 4 days after her visit with the ped. I know
that's not very far away, but I don't know how much time I'll have with the
pediatrician this time around because they are just kind of squeezing me in
for her appointment because there's no choice, she needs this checkup before
her dental surgery. If there's time and option to bring up the talking
issues, I definitely will, but at this point, the more important thing is
the surgery checkup right now.
I believe I can get some kind of referral for just a speech therapist - to
my understanding, this rehab place is not a preschool type setting, but I do
know I need a referral for that. I left a message with the first speech
lady at the hospital just a few minutes ago, but with Christmas, I have no
idea who's on holidays, who's not, when they'll be back, whatever.
As of about half an hour ago, I have her on 2 waiting lists. The one I just
got her on the wait list for today, she's actually the next in line if
something becomes available. I did ask if they go on a basis of need, she
said they go more on a basis of first come, first served, so hopefully we
can get into something as soon as possible.

About her motor skills, you might want to look into Occupational therapy
(ergotherapy in german) check out this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupat...tional_therapy
for more information.

cu
nicole