Jacob had his speech evaluation today and it didn't go very well. He is only in the fifth (5th) percentile for his age group, which means 95% of children at his age speak better than he does. This is not good. Of course, I didn't really think it was going to be good, I'm just shocked at how poor he did. Some of it was him being shy, but some of it is the fact that his hearing was so bad for so long that he's just that much farther behind in his development. So here I am kicking myself for not getting him tubes sooner. I know, it is what it is, but a mother's guilt can be endless.
Now, here's the good news. Jacob is young and we've caught his problem very early. Since he is 3 years old he qualifies for speech therapy through Guilford County Schools (which is free, Hallelujah! FREE!) and, even better, we think the therapist might go to his daycare center and work with him there. I spoke to the director at our daycare center and she said that therapists have come to the center before and that they are happy to provide a nice, quiet place for the therapist to work with Jacob. I can't wait. The sooner the better as far as I am concerned.
So, in reality, all is good. We're very fortunate that we've found out early on that he has issues and that they are correctable. As a sidenote, his teacher was telling me the other day that he is a wiz with puzzles. She said he can put together puzzles faster than anyone, no matter how difficult. Maybe he'll be good at math and problem solving classes, unlike his mommy (LOL!) Not my strong suit at all.
We'll keep you posted on Jacob's progression.
2 comments:
Hey, Beth. Don't feel guilty! It's great that you caught it this early. He'll catch up and it will even out. It will just take a little work and that's going to happen. So don't feel guilty. Honestly...your his mother and want what is best for him...therfore if you knew he needed them you would have done it earlier. Seriously...it will be fine. You're a good mommi. I can tell just by reading your blogs.
In a few months after Jacob gets some speech therapy and all of a sudden realizes how MUCH he can say and how well he can say it and talks constantly......remember how guilty you feel at this moment. It will help to quell the guilt you will feel later about wondering if you could get a moments peace if you taped his mouth shut or put ear plugs in your ear =)
He'll be fine =) He's a smart little boy and you are getting him all the help you can possibly get him. He's going to thrive.
Love, Deb
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