OK, my first rant...We recently had my son evaluated for his speech. Let me tell you first about Mr J's life as of now. Every
ped.
appt we heard, "Oh, Mr J is
soo strong" he did everything early, crawling at 5 1/2 months climbing stairs at 7
mnths and walking by 10
mnths but that would soon change! When we went in for his 18 month checkup they told us that he was behind in his speech, she said he should be saying 15 words clearly and he was saying 10 (she actually asked me to list them, I was
sooo not prepared for that)! I was so upset, everyone said he's an active boy he doesn't have time to talk or "that's just how boys are". So, I
beleived them because he was a VERY active boy! The
ped thought it was
ok but that we shouldn't be concerned until his 2yr appointment.
In the meantime I'm
desperately wanting him to talk and he did just not as much as his friends were at the same age. I noticed that he didn't repeat
everything we said like a lot of his friends did w/their parents? He has a friend
that's only 3 weeks older and you could have conversations with this kid so to make light of it I joked that I would have the jock and she would have the
brainiac child. I was trying not to take this too seriously, I didn't think he would start kindergarten grunting when he wanted something!
Fast forward to his 2yr
appt...The
ped asked how many words he was saying , this time I was prepared to list them, he was saying 37 words counting animal sounds ( he
doesn't say cow, he
moo's). She thought he should be saying 40-50 and making 2-3 word phrases which he was doing. So, long story short we decided to have him evaluated, it wouldn't hurt, right?
Well, I don't think the evaluation hurt him as much as us! So, 2
evaluators came to the house I only thought there would be a speech pathologist but there was another lady that said she was there to evaluate everything. We didn't like her and
neither did Mr J!! The speech pathologist did her thing and said like I though she would that yes he was a little behind but that after 6 months he should be on track with other kids. As for the other woman, let me just ask you...Do your 2yr
olds transition from one toy to the other well when you take it away? She gave him a puzzle to play with and then when she took it away to move on to the next "game" he cried! Well most kids that age I've seen don't like it when you take something away that they were enjoying playing, am I wrong? Also she started to critique the way he ran and threw a ball all which he does better than most kids his age!
Lastly she said the fact that he didn't always follow what the other kids were doing was wrong? My
hubbie was here for the evaluation and was becoming so angry that he just checked out which was probably best. As for his "running on his toes" Lady, he was running w/socks on a hard wood floor, would you run on your "entire foot" if you were doing the same? I don't think so, you'd be on your a** pretty quickly! As for the ball, you throw a baseball and a basketball differently, hello! Last but not least, I don't think it's so bad that my kid chooses not to follow kids all of the time! If all the other kids are
smokin crack, he should drop his puzzle and go smoke it w/them?? I think not! You must not have kids or have forgotten what it's like to have a 2yr old!!
Ughhh, although this woman is not reading a word of this I feel much better now !
Mr J is the sweetest kid ever! He's an energetic
lil boy with a HUGE heart! I'm going to continue not to take this too seriously and laugh 20 -30yrs from now when he's getting his PHD!!!
So, I ask are we expecting too much from our kids now a days??
Ex City Mom....
Well, the finale of American Idol was called...David Archuletta is said to have "knocked out" David Cook! Well, this is according to Simon! I usually agree with Simon 100% but this time not so much! I can't stand David A!! He seems to be a robot, a great singer but a robot! He always looks as if he's about to cry but doesn't, he comes off very fake. I know he's very young and this is my point. He has no life experience yet to be an "American Idol" it seems as if he's been groomed his whole life (by his father, I'm sure) to sing and nothing else. I personally don't think he is very attractive but I know that all the teenie boppers (I love that phrase) adore him!! I'm afraid that if he wins he'll be another lost idol. What ever happened to Taylor Hicks? Does it matter?
