There was a time, a time not long ago but that seems like almost forever now, that when someone asked me Ashlynn’s age I immediately became defensive. “Why?” you might ask yourself. Seems like a typical question among moms in that age group.It is……….. until your child is delayed. Then that game isn’t fun anymore. Every time the question was asked, I found myself rounding down. When she was almost
Big, big news today. Almost as big as when Ashlynn said a final /k/ for the first time. Today, she has her first ever /s/ blend! /S/ blends are a common error with speech kiddos; however, typically developing kids usually acquire them by three and half years at the latest. It was with “spider” in the Little Critter books. We are making progress!
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Ashlynn and I went to her class field trip to visit farms from the 1860’s and 1890’s in Littleton, Colorado. They had a lot of animals and she was so stoked to see all of them! I was taking an informal language sample as we walked along and sample phrases were: Come here mama! Look! A cow! I see a donkey! Ewe, muddy piggy! Whoah! I see chicks!
It’s no secret that my dad is the pushover. Don’t get me wrong, he could lay down the law when he had to; but when it came to playing my dad is the person to sweet talk. Ever since Ashlynn was a little baby, my dad would play ball with her. It started out almost as a game of fetch, but each time she gets better and better. After Jace
I’m so frustrated today! To make it worse, I’m frustrated with myself for being frustrated. I went to put Ashlynn on abcmouse.com, and early learning site for kids as young as two. Since she’s 3.7, I figured this should be great. Wrong. Turns out using a mouse requires a high degree of motor planning and coordination. God. It sucks. She can’t even do things two year olds can do. I