EI Update to the Update

DublinMama · July 2014

Today was our official EI evaluation for DS. The speech path. told me that he while he was right on the cusp, she doesn't feel he needs services right now, just a little more time to grow. She said he was doing a nice job imitating and was very engaged with her, which were all positive signs. She gave us some tricks and strategies to work on at home to help him, and reassured me that in a few months if I still have a gut feeling that we're not on the right track, we can re-refer him and have him looked at again. DS was a real cutie-patootie for the whole hour, and the development specialist told me she was actually a little bummed he didn't qualify, because she would have loved to keep seeing him. Charmer McCharmerson.

Thank you for all your supportive words and good vibes, friends! I heart you.

TarheelMama202 · July 2014

So glad to hear! Love ya dubs.

octobermama87 · July 2014

Yay for good news!!! Good job mama Dubs!

DublinMama · July 2014

Sure. She did a lot of things with animal sounds. Taking out a farm book and making the sounds to see if he would do them, too. She recommended doing it face to face so he can see my vocalizations and patterns. Or also bellies on the floor. To be honest, we really haven't done a lot with animal sounds. We've worked a lot with household objects. Naming things, not necessarily making sounds. She also said to rub his cheeks to loosen things up and give him a sense of where is mouth is and the sensations of it. She recommended a DVD called Baby Babble.

cinnasugar · July 2014

luxannie said:

Animal sounds are so fun. And the source of my first real failure as a mother. I taught DS the sound a pig makes. And I did it in the guttural/nasal snorting fashion. No silly "oink oink." Well he can't do it, so now when you ask him what a pig says he makes a "nnnggggnnuuhh" sound and is so proud of himself. No one else has a clue what he's doing. Maybe this is better suited for the FFC thread...

This made me laugh out loud. Kiddos are so cute!

lc&jw · July 2014

Glad you got some helpful feedback. Fingers crossed that there's a word explosion coming soon.

Animal sounds were some of our earliest words here and definitely among our most popular at the current time. They love to look through board books and make all the different animal sounds. It sounds like a barnyard or a zoo in our backseat when we're driving and the kids are "reading" in the car.