It’s the month of May, and in my world, that means starting to think about what to do for the second annual Apraxia Awareness Day. Leading the movement is CASANA, a non-profit dedicated to Childhood Apraxia of Speech. If you are interested, they have a bunch of great ideas on how to celebrate here, at their website Apraxia Kids. I did write to my local papers, but my favorite of all
The people over at Complete Speech and Michelle over at Trust Me, I’m a Mom and myself all teamed up to offer you a great giveaway for the visual feedback app VowelViz! I was not paid to review the app and am only offering my personal opinion not only as a mother with a child who has a speech delay, but also as an SLP who works with kids. I
Ashlynn’s Great Grandma Green has been out for about a week now visiting. This isn’t the first time Ashlynn has met Grandma Green. She usually comes out in October each year to stay with Ashlynn’s Grandma Smith who is of course her daughter. Last year she bought Ashlynn a dress for her Birthday that was purple with big colored polka dots that was instantly her favorite. Unfortunately, at that time,
Ashlynn said her first compound sentence yesterday. It took me so much by surprise that I almost ruined it by interrupting her. I picked her up from school asking the usual questions and getting the usual answers, “How was school?” “Good.” (Dood) “What did you do?” “Play” (pay) “Who did you play with?” “PLAY!!” she says impatiently. “I know, but
Today I took Ashlynn to one of my BFF’s bridal shower. There weren’t going to be any other kids there, but Ashlynn is so good around a group. When I think of people who have charisma, I think of great speakers and people gifted with words. The Martin Luther King’s and the John F Kennedy’s of the world. But Ashlynn makes me realize charismatic people don’t need to speak. There
We bought a tricycle for Ashlynn three months before her third birthday. My husband and I took her to Toys R Us, excited, full of hope and expectation. I had seen two-year old children on Facebook gleefully riding their trikes with big goofy smiles on their faces, and I couldn’t WAIT to snap that happy gleeful face on my little girl. Pregnant with my son, we all left the store