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Scared about tomorrow.
I keep telling myself I'm being paranoid, but it's not helping.
My boys will be 17mos old tomorrow: subtract 9 weeks for their prematurity and they're still 15mos. But they're not talking: at all. And I can't tell how much they understand either. They scream, grunt and babble in full sentences, but no words. Back in June, when they were at a neo-natal follow-up, the pediatrician pegged them at 14mos (their actual age) for their motor skills, 12mos (their corrected age) as far as social skills and problem-solving went, and at about 10mos for communication skills. At the time, he emphasized the "do not worry" approach, saying that we should get on the waiting list for a speech pathology assessment, but the problem would "...almost certainly..." clear itself up. So tomorrow they go for hearing tests, and next month we're likely to get a call from the speech pathologist for an appointment. And I haven't noticed any change in their comunication since June. I want to know what's going on, but I don't want to know there is something wrong with my babies. Does that make sense? Marie Chris and Alex--born 04/23/03 at 31wks gestational :-) |
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Marie,
My twins were born at 33 w 3d and will be 2 on Tues. They still do not talk "real" words that much. They "talk" constantly to each other in their own language. They understand EVERYTHING we say, but only say a handful of words we understand. I am not worried. I hear twins talk later b/c of the "twin language" thing. We are involved in an assesment program, too, but they are so backed up, they won't get their 24 mo. assesment until Jan. I wouldn't wory so much, but let us know how they do. Megan~ Mommy to wonder twins Aidan & Alexis....the countdown to 2 is on! |
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Kathleen talked well before 2 and Chris not until 3!!!He did understand
everything but verbalized almost next to nothing. Yes, he ended up getting early intervention, eventually 2 years of speech pathology until 3rd grade and now only has a slight "accent" but certainly will talk your ear off if you let him. I won't say don't worry but do seek out help and get an assessment. But don't panic. Good luck Shirley Chris and Kathleen 1/95 "Megan Byrne" wrote in message ... Marie, My twins were born at 33 w 3d and will be 2 on Tues. They still do not talk "real" words that much. They "talk" constantly to each other in their own language. They understand EVERYTHING we say, but only say a handful of words we understand. I am not worried. I hear twins talk later b/c of the "twin language" thing. We are involved in an assesment program, too, but they are so backed up, they won't get their 24 mo. assesment until Jan. I wouldn't wory so much, but let us know how they do. Megan~ Mommy to wonder twins Aidan & Alexis....the countdown to 2 is on! |
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Marie,
My boys were not even close to talking at 15-17 mos, and they were full-term. We had some conerns about Alex for his first two years, and he was a "student" of Early Intervention until he was almost 3. Are you in the states and if so, have you looked into the program? The bottom line is that it's much too early to know whether or not there is anything wrong, especially if you haven't had any tests done yet. I know it's our natural tendency as mothers to worry, but please try not to. I will say that if I went back to when Alex was 15 mos., I would have been convinced that he would be delayed forever. He was way behind in gross and fine motor, but especially in speech. The Early Intervention specialists were a huge help in showing *me* how to help *him*. They are now almost four and he is completely caught up and has been for over a year. Good luck and please write if you have any other questions. Ellen -------- Erin 6/26/95 Bradley & Alex 10/5/00 |
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Marie ) wrote:
My boys will be 17mos old tomorrow: subtract 9 weeks for their prematurity and they're still 15mos. But they're not talking: at all. And I can't tell how much they understand either. They scream, grunt and babble in full sentences, but no words. My son had no words at all at that age, I am pretty sure. He did make lots of different kinds of noises, he understood things we said, and his hearing appeared to be good. By his second birthday he had about 35 words, a bit short of the 50 or 60 they like to see as a milestone, and a few weeks later had a verbal spurt, went past 50 words and started putting two words together on occasion. He did eventually get evaluated at about three and was found to be delayed in expressive speech, but not enough for intervention. Given your kids' prematurity and all, I think it is a good idea to be more proactive about getting them seen early, but don't stress too much -- the evaluation was fun for my son, and I'm sure speech therapy would have been too, if he'd needed it. It's also still VERY possible that they're just not early talkers. The fact that they babble so much is a very good sign, as far as I know. --Helen |
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my girls were born at 37w 2d but neither talked before 2. alix did
everything first (except grow teeth!) she walked, talked, was born with a pincher grasp i swear! callie always tested 6 months, or more, behind her sister. i was always afraid what would happen academically between the two. at 4 1/2 callie is an outstanding athlete (her teacher's words) and writes way more words than her sister. callie has been going to speech therapy for a couple years and will start up again in a week or so. i think it is too early to worry about your sons. but it is natural to worry of course. pam alix and callie 3/24/00 I keep telling myself I'm being paranoid, but it's not helping. My boys will be 17mos old tomorrow: subtract 9 weeks for their prematurity and they're still 15mos. But they're not talking: at all. And I can't tell how much they understand either. They scream, grunt and babble in full sentences, but no words. Back in June, when they were at a neo-natal follow-up, the pediatrician pegged them at 14mos (their actual age) for their motor skills, 12mos (their corrected age) as far as social skills and problem-solving went, and at about 10mos for communication skills. At the time, he emphasized the "do not worry" approach, saying that we should get on the waiting list for a speech pathology assessment, but the problem would "...almost certainly..." clear itself up. So tomorrow they go for hearing tests, and next month we're likely to get a call from the speech pathologist for an appointment. And I haven't noticed any change in their comunication since June. I want to know what's going on, but I don't want to know there is something wrong with my babies. Does that make sense? Marie Chris and Alex--born 04/23/03 at 31wks gestational :-) |
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"Marie" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... I keep telling myself I'm being paranoid, but it's not helping. My boys will be 17mos old tomorrow: subtract 9 weeks for their prematurity and they're still 15mos. But they're not talking: at all. And I can't tell how much they understand either. They scream, grunt and babble in full sentences, but no words. 15 months is very early to be worrying about them speaking. Talk to them a lot, it helps! I found it was really hard to sit and talk with the kids, there was always an interruption and my energy for the kids was always not at it's peak due to the constant demand of twins. I worried a lot about Abigail but she is doing ok. Back in June, when they were at a neo-natal follow-up, the pediatrician pegged them at 14mos (their actual age) for their motor skills, 12mos (their corrected age) as far as social skills and problem-solving went, and at about 10mos for communication skills. At the time, he emphasized the "do not worry" approach, saying that we should get on the waiting list for a speech pathology assessment, but the problem would "...almost certainly..." clear itself up. So tomorrow they go for hearing tests, and next month we're likely to get a call from the speech pathologist for an appointment. And I haven't noticed any change in their comunication since June. I want to know what's going on, but I don't want to know there is something wrong with my babies. Does that make sense? Marie Chris and Alex--born 04/23/03 at 31wks gestational :-) Good luck with the tests. How did they turn out. Jack |
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After all the stress, the test was almost a let down: kid sits in my lap,
an ear piece (much like an old transistor radio ear plug) is put in the ear and 30 seconds later the test is done. Once more in the other ear, lather-rinse-repeat with second kid, and we were in and out in less than 20 minutes. So Chris passed in his left ear easily. His right ear was getting a "referral," ie an indication that a more sophisticated test is needed, until the ear piece was removed and brought a huge wad of wax with it ;-) The audiologist put a clean earpiece in and retested and he passed with flying colours. Alex passed in both ears, too. So now when they ignore me, I know it's not because they aren't hearing: they may not be listening or comprehending, but they are hearing. Now we just wait for their names to reach the top of the speech pathology waiting list. Marie "Megan Byrne" wrote in message ... Marie, My twins were born at 33 w 3d and will be 2 on Tues. They still do not talk "real" words that much. They "talk" constantly to each other in their own language. They understand EVERYTHING we say, but only say a handful of words we understand. I am not worried. I hear twins talk later b/c of the "twin language" thing. We are involved in an assesment program, too, but they are so backed up, they won't get their 24 mo. assesment until Jan. I wouldn't wory so much, but let us know how they do. Megan~ Mommy to wonder twins Aidan & Alexis....the countdown to 2 is on! |
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Just wanted to add that Einstein didn't speak until he was 5. At that
time, his parents were told he had serious mental defects and to never expect much from him. Guess those docs were wrong Kids speak at their own pace, and it just takes a while sometimes. I agree 15 months seems pretty early. Let us know how things go -Karen |
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One of the things that our speech pathologist said when Chris was 2.5 was
that children develop only one really hard skill at a time. Boys tend to work on "physical" things more than verbal. Chris at 3 was doing things a 4.5 year old boy might do, skills, climbing, taking risks etc. So she surmised that he was more interested and developing more physical skills than verbal. She was so right. Shirley "Karen" wrote in message om... Just wanted to add that Einstein didn't speak until he was 5. At that time, his parents were told he had serious mental defects and to never expect much from him. Guess those docs were wrong Kids speak at their own pace, and it just takes a while sometimes. I agree 15 months seems pretty early. Let us know how things go -Karen |
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