Teague just loves his brothers and sisters. For the longest time he called himself Teague, and all of his siblings Noe. He can finally say each of their names now. This video is of him doing just that. (I remember when Gavin used to call Kaleb, Chachi).
My friend is a speech-language pathologist and she said her rule of thumb is- speaking by 2, understood by 3. At 2, Teague was the strong-silent type, so we began the process of getting help from First Words. Almost a year later, this is what has happened- I went to the Parents Info Night, his assessment was postponed (the assessor was sick, but we haven't got a rescheduled appointment yet), and he did get a hearing test. This was useful because it showed that even though he can hear, his ear drums don't move AT ALL! There is so much fluid behind them that they just don't budge. He may outgrow this problem, or doctors may have to fix it. We're still waiting to hear back from our doctor about this. He is talking more and more though, so maybe by the time he gets to participate in this "early intervention" program, he may not need it. I just hope by the time he starts school in the fall of 2013 he'll be speaking clearly.
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Max was in early intervention and I loved the program. It was fabulous! They learn a lot of pre-reading skills and at least here in the states it's no out of pocket expense to the parents. Izzie was also in speech for a while and she is becoming a rock star reader.
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