I know, I already have Amalah on my blogroll and you still don't go over there but I'm going to send you there anyway because you need to read this. To the end.
Go.
Git.
Scoot, already.
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- Heidi
- Mother. Teacher. Rollerskater. Owner of many wigs (literally) wearer of many hats (figuratively). Straight-up grammar nazi. Former resident of LA, DC, Atlanta, Savannah, Boston, and (briefly) Sweden. Home sweet home in San Diego.
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I've joined the ranks of internet moms sniffling. Poor little guy. Poor worried mom.
Also thinking the poor little guy sounds like a lot of other three-year-olds out there. (By which I don't mean that Amy shouldn't pursue it -- I agree that she should do what feels right for her boy. I think the other kid in the bookstore needs to be taken aside and given a lesson in patience, and empathy, and "If you can't say something nice....") James said "leen" for "green" until a few months ago: he couldn't get the initial velar/palatal consonants, so we heard a lot of "tow" for "cow" and "tookie" for "cookie" and such. Then, over a period of a couple of weeks, he got the hang of it -- first once, then twice, and now he's pretty well got it. Same thing with initial s+other, like snow, or snack, or snake, which had been "no" or "nack" or "nake."
Not saying I'm not mentioning it next time he goes to the ear specialist to follow up on his tubes and hearing...(my mom the special ed teacher delicately suggested I bring it up), but mom and I are pleased to be able to say, "He WAS having trouble with initial palatals and initial s in combination, but...."
So, ugh. Tough one. I've encountered other kids this age iwth their own little quirks. My sister and I were recently talking about how hard it can be to understand a toddler of a certain age who is not your own. (The kids at her daycare come up and chat with her when she picks up her daughter, and she feels terrible that she honestly can't tell what a couple of them are saying. There's "generally intelligible," and there's "Intelligible by Mom.") I wish there were a book, with a list: if your three year old can say this, but not this, don't worry. If he can say that but not this, well, that's different. (OK, there probably is a book, with a list, in a doctor's office, or a speech therapist's bookshelf. But still.)
Thanks for sharing about James. Amy's story hit home for me, too, big time.
Chelsea really struggles with a lot of letter sounds. She also says "tookie" and "'nake" ... still can't make a decent Y or L sound, etc. She had a speech eval earlier this year and they determined she was in the normal range, but it's still hard. She has a follow-up next week to see if she's making any progress and my gut feeling is that she's not.
The idea that they're listening to everything and processing it on their own (even when you think they're not) is totally overwhelming to me. Not just to think of all the stuff other kids say, but the stuff that *I* say... scary thought.
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