speech

Mrs Dougherty

I was just wondering what is normal for a 26 weeker at age 2. DS#1 was born at 26wks 1day and i feel as if his brother who just turn one says more words then him. do you think he will be needing speach therapy? I dont want him to have to strugle later on with speach so should I start now? we are also going to have him do two years of preschool when he is of age one year by himself and one with his brother then they will be in the same grades. TIA!

kck329

All kids develop differently but its worth asking about. 

Have you had an EI evaluation? I would contact your pedi and ask for the contact info or a reference for Early Intervention then they can send out a speech therapist for an eval. I would do it soon if your pedi thinks its necessary since most states age out of EI at 3 years.

Mrs Dougherty

kck329:

All kids develop differently but its worth asking about. 

Have you had an EI evaluation? I would contact your pedi and ask for the contact info or a reference for Early Intervention then they can send out a speech therapist for an eval. I would do it soon if your pedi thinks its necessary since most states age out of EI at 3 years.

We had an evaluation when he came home from the hospital and they said that he was on target for his adjusted  age.  and his 2 yr appoint is the 27th so i will ask. thanks for the advice.

Denesdia

Our 25 weeker started getting help with speech right after her actual 2nd birthday.  She had no words at all, and we talked to the Pedi at the 2 y.o. check up about it.  He recommended a private evaluation for speech therapy since we were opting not to use our local hospital due to long wait lists.  So, we started private speech therapy and she started public day care, part-time.  We had Early Intervention during this time, but frankly, the speech providers were not very helpful to us.  I didn't realize how far off our 25 weeker was with starting to use words until I had my 35 weeker.  I see now that he already has multiple words and he is not even 18 mo. old.  I am glad that I asked for help with DD, and I think the combination of private speech therapy, day care, and work with us at home has given us great improvement.  She was evaluated for the integrated classroom recently and has no identified disability nor speech delay compared to her peers.  GL!

lemen99

Andrew is a 26-weeker too.

We had an EI eval at 19 mo for speech, too.  He had 2 words, 2 babble sounds.  He more than qualified.  He has had speech 2/week (once at school, once through EI) for a whole year.  Now, he is caught up, at age 3. 

FWIW Andrew was totally caught up to his adjusted age at 12 mo adjusted, so we stopped EI.  Then, suddenly, he stopped progressing. 

Trust your gut, it never hurts to get a new EI.

Mrs Dougherty

thanks everyone. yeah he has his own laugage he used and his brother, Liam who was a 36 weeker is 12 months actual and was never behind execpt on weight inthe  begining but Liam is teaching Tristen words but tristen wont continue using them he finally said please tonight after i asked him i have been working on please and thank you for months and he  has said it a couple times but finally when asked! thank you everyone we are definantly talking to his pedi at his 2yr check up.

kck329

MOMMA OF TWO 2010:

thanks everyone. yeah he has his own laugage he used and his brother, Liam who was a 36 weeker is 12 months actual and was never behind execpt on weight inthe  begining but Liam is teaching Tristen words but tristen wont continue using them he finally said please tonight after i asked him i have been working on please and thank you for months and he  has said it a couple times but finally when asked! thank you everyone we are definantly talking to his pedi at his 2yr check up.

Hooray for "please!"

Keep us updated on what your pedi thinks. I'm always interested in language posts. The developmental clinic told us that DD is already delayed in language (no consonant sounds or babbling) so I like to know what we need to pay attention to moving forward. 

Mrs Dougherty

kck329:

MOMMA OF TWO 2010:

thanks everyone. yeah he has his own laugage he used and his brother, Liam who was a 36 weeker is 12 months actual and was never behind execpt on weight inthe  begining but Liam is teaching Tristen words but tristen wont continue using them he finally said please tonight after i asked him i have been working on please and thank you for months and he  has said it a couple times but finally when asked! thank you everyone we are definantly talking to his pedi at his 2yr check up.

Hooray for "please!"

Keep us updated on what your pedi thinks. I'm always interested in language posts. The developmental clinic told us that DD is already delayed in language (no consonant sounds or babbling) so I like to know what we need to pay attention to moving forward. 

i definantly will its not til the 27th tho so its a bit of a wait i tried talking to her at Liams 1 yr check up but she didnt really answer