Another update on Taysens speech therapy

Ok another update. :) I got an email today that Taysen will be in an Early Intervention class...it will have 8-9 other little kids that have speech delays. His classes will be mondays and wednesdays from 9-11am. I hope that he has fun...Im sure the first couple will be stressful for him since he wont understand whats going on, but hopefully he will think they are fun and learn something too!! :) Im pretty sure he starts this coming monday. It may be the week after though. Either way, we have to make an appointment to meet the speech therapist and the occupational therapist that do the group class...then after that is when he starts. So really we are just waiting on the call to meet the "teachers" now. Im anxious in good ways and in bad ways about it all. Im anxious in a good way because I just want to get it all started and have him talk! In a bad way because Im just nervous for him that it will be overwhelming. I hope he does good though, because it will be good for him to be away from me a little bit. :)

Ok now Im gonna toy with this blog a little and try to get you all added to it!! :)

Copying from OD-Taysen update/speech therapy stuff

A quick one while they are both asleep!
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Ok so Taysen has had his evaluation and a bunch of other meetings with the Help Me Grow people. He does have a speech delay (since he isnt talking much at all...) so they suggest putting him in speech therapy twice a week, basically a little preschool class with other kids who arent talking yet. She said its a class of 8-9 kids. So its twice a week, 2 hours each. Thats not too bad and I bet he eventually has fun. :) I have worked it out with Linda to keep Rowan on the days he will have EI (Early Intervention...its what the classes for him are called.) so that I can go with him. I wont actually be in the room for the 2 hours, I will probably just run to the mall or stay in the parents room, but I just dont want him taking a bus, so I will be taking him. Haha...sticking him on a bus at 2 yrs old seems kind of cruel. At least to me...figuring how he cant talk, I think it would be like abandonment to shove him off on a bus having no clue where he is going. Haha...Anyhow..so everything is good with him, just not talking. :) We meet the therapists who lead the class next week, so then after we meet them and Taysen meets them, then the following week he will start the classes. :) Anyhow, just thought Id update. I gotta get going, Rowan will be up soon! :)

Copying from OD-Taysen's 2...talking issues

I am so glad to hear that you guys are having issues with your kids and eating too!!! I thought I was the only one! Taysen hates most things...and goes in spurts of liking things. Once he liked macaroni and cheese...but it only lasted like 2 days...and now he wont even put it in his mouth. Really, the only things that he will eat no matter what is smoked sausage, bananas, and dry cereal. He wont touch an egg, no matter how you make it...he will eat PB&J occasionally...but it just depends on his mood. He doesnt like much sweets either. He likes mandarin oranges and applesauce. Its really just so hard. He used to be constantly constipated...until recently when he started liking juicy juice. :) Anyhow...meat wise, he will only eat smoked sausage...or chicken nuggets...which is just gross. LOL...I like smoked sausage, but not every night...ya know? So we make it for him like once a week. So he gets meat like once a week. Unless he gets chicken nuggets for lunch or dinner some nites. Anyhow it can be so frustrating. And Dena I saw Jessica Seinfelds book on Oprah and have been wanting to get it...just keep forgetting to order it! Im gonna try some things and I really hope it works out...even just a little would make me happy!
Next off...Taysen is 2 today. The words he uses daily are feet (he says beet), truck, and bite. He will say baby occasionally...and moo...like if you ask him "A cow goes...." and he says "boooo" meaning moo...Anyhow...I really have just been saying to myself...he will talk...eventually...he is just being stubborn. Well now that he is 2 and should be able to say 50-75 words...and two word phrases...and its plain out there that he is no where near that. All of his cousins are talking...and only two of his cousins are older than him. Anyhow...he knows things...he isnt "slow"...I dont know how else to put it other than that...but really...he is a really smart kid. He knows a lot of things...he just cant say it in a word...he knows his body parts, he knows animals, he knows characters...you can pretty much ask him anything and he will point to it. You can tell him to do something and he knows exactly what you are telling him...(he isnt going to listen to every direction...he is a 2 year old...haha) anyhow like the other day...he is coming down the stairs...and I tell him "Taysen, turn around and come down backwards...then you wont fall." And he turns around and comes down backwards. He knows what I am saying. Soooo anyhow, since we have that down...lol. (I just dont want you to all think he is this dumb kid that just sits here and stares...ya know??) So anyhow, I called a couple of speech therapists...and one directed me to Help Me Grow...its a program within each County...in Ohio at least. Maybe nationwide, I have no idea. Anyhow, I called and explained how Taysen is...and the woman says, "I bet he is a very frustrated child." And I know she knows how I feel. He is always so upset because he tries telling us what he wants and we just dont know what he is saying...he will talk to you until he is blue in the face, its just in his language that we have no idea what he is saying. Well she asks me pretty basic questions about him just to get an idea of things...she says it sounds like he has an expressive problem...well we know that. Haha...anyhow so she says she will put in a few emails and that within a week we should have a call for an appointment to be made. Well what do you know, the very next day we get a call and his appointment is next week on thursday. They come to the house and play games with him and do little exercises with him to evaluate him. Pretty much since he isnt talking, he will be qualified. Im pretty sure after that then a speech therapist comes to the house once a week for a session with him. Anyhow we will find out for sure...but I think that there are even little classes I can take him to to help him more. Anyhow...I am really excited for this appointment. I cant wait to hear what she has to say. Even she said it doesnt sound like anything is really wrong with him, just that he needs a little boost to get going with his talking. So anyways, the appointment is thursday at 10am. I really cant wait. I just cant wait to find out what her ideas will be and what I should be doing to help him more. I seriously cannot wait for him to talk!!
Sooo...I bet none of you are having this problem! ;) I just sometimes think I must be a really bad mom that my kid isnt talking...like I dont talk to him enough for him to pick up language skills. Ya know?? Anyhow I just cant wait!
So anyways...I just thought Id share a few little things that he does say but in his language-
truck-cuck (his favorite thing!) he also says this when he sees a train...or hears a train or truck horn
up- he pronounces is ub-bee it almost sounds like is is saying uppy...
baby-beebee
down-daa
feet-beet
mom-he can say this...but only says it when we are watching 2 and a half men...and the song comes on "Man, man, man, man, manly man, man, man..." LOL! He just goes..."mom, mom, mom,,," Its really cute. :)
He will say BA!! and point to things for almost anything...like if he wants the ceiling fan on, or the light on...or to watch tv, or to get a snack. He says it for so many things.
Anyways...I guess thats enough to bore you guys tonite...LOL! Im sure I will update soon!