I recently read a blog article about not buying into speech and language milestones. The writer asserts: “Because here’s what I think of traditional milestones: f*ck them…………My baby will do that when she’s ready. This is not the Olympics, people.”She went onto explain that parents seem to make milestones into some sort of competition, and she doesn’t want to buy into that. I get her point probably even more poignantly that she
My daughter loves Post it Notes. LOVES them. She loves writing some small scribble on them and then proudly sticking them up around the house to put on display. Today we drew pictures that included her target sounds to work on speech, but we also drew shapes to work on our pre-writing strokes for OT. Based on the response from my facebook post, my kid’s not alone in loving them!
Today I’m so excited to be a guest blogger on Trust me, I’m a Mom: Let’s Talk Tuesday. Please check it out! Trust Me, I’m a Mom: Let’s Talk Tuesday – Q&A With An SLP & Mommy of Ap…: ‘Let’s Talk Tuesday’ is a bi-weekly post series with ideas on how you can help your child of any ability, but especially those with Apraxia.
I heard a new Sara Bareilles song the other day. I love music, but I really felt like this song was written for A. It’s been a struggle to get her words out. Even now, the other day at the park she was talking to a little girl appropriately saying ‘come on” and “let’s go again!” It sounded more like, “tum on!” and “yet do adain” but she was DOING
She only had a handful of word approximations, and her favorite thing to say was “a dah.” and “hi.” I’ve learned from my parent support group that most kids with apraxia have a go to sound that they use for everything, and “a dah” was Ashlynn’s.