by GWH1 » Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:01 pm
[quote="jacksmom"]Jennifer, we are having the same issues with Jackson. His speech is VERY limited, and he is 19 months. We are in speech therapy once a week, but I am learning that at this age, there is not a lot they can do really. Our therapist brings toys and books and tries to get him to imitate her, but he really has no interest in any of it. She seems to think he is just stubborn. I am to the point of being very concerned! I asked our pediatrician about it at our 18 month check up, and he wants Jackson to see the ENT and have his hearing re-checked, and his adenoids checked. We go back to the cleft clinic on Feb. 7th, so I decided to wait until then. I am worrying like crazy that he may need something additional done to his palate. It can't hurt to go ahead and be evaluated by speech. At least if they start now, it won't be so foreign to them when they are older. I'll let you know how it goes with the PS.
Allison[/quote]
My son is 30 months old and pretty much sounds just like Jackson. Matthew just had a cleft lip/alveolus......no apparent clefting of the hard or soft palate. He seems very shy and has a limited vocabulary. He can repeat words, but seems unmotivated to talk on his own. We have him in early intervention with speech therapy 3 times per month, but I cannot really see much progress. He knows absolutely everything and has no problems with comprehension/receptive language. Maybe he is stubborn as well, but I am also worried.
His words now pretty much consist of mama, daddy, ah-oh, yes, no, okay, night-night, bye, etc...
Hopefully all the speech therapy will eventually catch up and he will catch on.