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Parenting after 35
robynlesley
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Bronx Zoo: Summer 2013
To read my blog, click on the giraffe pic below!
Update on DS
robynlesley
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I've posted a few times about his speech delays and, at least once, about concerns about his overall development and possible ASD worries (due to a few red flags). Well A has been in speech therapy and DI (developmental intervention) for 3 months and the progress is amazing. And, yesterday, he finally had an appointment with a developmental pediatrician.
Overall the visit was positive. He does not fall onto the Autism Spectrum at all. He does have an expressive language delay but is actually ahead for receptive language. That disparity is a huge part of why he has extreme tantrums/meltdowns. The pedi also felt that there is some delay in gross motor and adaptive self help (he doesn't feed himself and he's 2-1/4 as one issue) and I'm having him evaluated for that through EI. Not sure what will happen there but I want him to have services if he is eligible.
Otherwise he's super smart (another reason for tantrums) and "delightful" to be around. I'm glad he showed the doctors his best and worst sides (also had a meltdown because we took a toy away).
And the other biggie ... he's allergic to Amoxicillin (and, therefore, Penicillin). Hives galore. Per my pedi, I'm dosing with Benadryl. But he seems otherwise OK (besides the hives) and he took enough to kill the sinus infection he had.
Bronx Zoo: Summer 2013
To read my blog, click on the giraffe pic below!
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Re: Update on DS
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That's better news! Boo hiss at the allergy. If it makes you feel any better, L had a lot of the same delays. We knew what was coming with his diagnosis though on the learning side of things, and his school has really got him through things well. Doesn't hurt that he's a smart cookie.
Question - does A transpose his phrases (kind of like Yoda, "Away put your weapon") or confuses things that are similar, and his gross motor, you said he's delayed, is he clumsy, falls, trips, late walker?
No constant transposing of phrases so far -- but he's really only using 2 words together, for the most part. Sometimes he'll say "Hat head on" but then he'll use "Hat on head" (he likes hats). Plus his speech therapist says transposing words at this age is typical -- with or without delays.
And he's not clumsy and he walked at 15 months, so within normal age range, but he won't do things that he should be able to -- ie. walk up stairs or hold a spoon. I'm not sure if it's because I didn't allow him to do so, or if there's an issue. I thought he was OK with gross motor but the dev. ped seemed to think there was a problem. So I'll have him evaluated by EI and go from there.
Bronx Zoo: Summer 2013
To read my blog, click on the giraffe pic below!
Awesome stuff, glad you have EI eval...I would fight to hang on to that for sure! Sounds like you're on top of things. I found similarities in some things that A does that L did at that age, nothing worrying. Likely not ASD, but sensory processing rang a bell for me. But something for sure a good developmental pedi will catch.