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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Getting Better

Well, Alex the speech therapist just left. We have the results of Jacob's test, kinda. The test that Alex used is different than the test that Jan used. So things are a little different, but it still shows that Jacob is behind.

In his comprehensive(putting names to pictures, etc.) he did very well, although he only scored at 28 months, he had alot of areas where he had pluses. According to Alex that means he was "growing" in those areas, and was doing well, but he could not give him full credit. So basically 28+. His expressive(talking in general, sounding out words) however was still quite low, 23 months.

The good news? Jacob has made immense progress over the last several months and is showing no signs of slowing down. We keep hearing that we are going to get tired of his talking soon. I don't think so. (Although, he does drive Gail crazy when he keeps saying "mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama at 6 in the morning).

Next speech update, next Wednesday.

Mom's turn - Mom isn't taking this news very well. I wasn't home for Alex's visit this morning. Maybe that's a good thing. I think of my beautiful child and all of the progress he has made and I am so proud...yet so disappointed that it still isn't enough. Jacob is still more than a year delayed. I know there isn't anything we could have done differently or done better. We've done everything possible. I still feel as if I should have known earlier that something was wrong. There should have been more I could have done. I see how smart Jacob is and it breaks my heart to know he's still not where he should be. Or even close. I know he's made a huge progression but, I still feel like I didn't do enough as his mom.

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