I know, I've been gone so long. I mean to write. I just find it difficult to find the time to actually sit down and spend three minutes doing something for myself.
Some things here are very good. I.an is amazing. He's such a joy to me. I look at his sweet face and melt a little bit every time. He's kept me sane in so many ways this winter. He turned 15 months old on the 6th of March. He's now a pro at walking. No problems there. His little chubby legs fly along and those little flat, fat feet slap the tile as he waddles around and around and around the house. He's a tiny bit bowlegged, as most toddlers are, and I just love seeing his little pot belly above those bowed legs. He "talks" all the time. His speech is called jargoning, I believe. It sounds real. It sounds like a language that other people, somewhere, must speak. I just don't know what it is. He's very serious and earnest, walking up to me and telling me two-and-three-sentence long things. He doesn't say any real words yet, though. Well, John was trying to get him to say "D" the other day by our ADT yard sign, and he now walks up to all numbers and letters he sees and points at them and says "D!"
He points at things constantly. He shows me things and shares them with me. He's very, very connected to his world. He knows he's funny and likes to make people laugh. He has an incredible temper and can quickly move from laughter to screaming when he can't do something or doesn't get his way. I do wish he was talking more. If he isn't talking more at his 18 month checkup, I am going to insist on getting the process going to get him evaluated and started in speech therapy. I don't feel we can afford to wait to "see what happens". I don't think he has autism. He shows no signs of the social deficits of even a high-functioning person with autism. That doesn't mean he won't have a speech delay, though. Perhaps whatever genetic malfunction has caused Ab.by to have her issues will manifest itself in him through a speech delay. I just know that speech therapy can't hurt and might help, so if he's still not speaking by 18 months, we're SO there. He's already delayed, in my opinion, even knowing he's still within the realm of "normal". It'll be okay. I know he'll talk someday. But I'm not sitting back and waiting. I can't.
Some things here are very good. I.an is amazing. He's such a joy to me. I look at his sweet face and melt a little bit every time. He's kept me sane in so many ways this winter. He turned 15 months old on the 6th of March. He's now a pro at walking. No problems there. His little chubby legs fly along and those little flat, fat feet slap the tile as he waddles around and around and around the house. He's a tiny bit bowlegged, as most toddlers are, and I just love seeing his little pot belly above those bowed legs. He "talks" all the time. His speech is called jargoning, I believe. It sounds real. It sounds like a language that other people, somewhere, must speak. I just don't know what it is. He's very serious and earnest, walking up to me and telling me two-and-three-sentence long things. He doesn't say any real words yet, though. Well, John was trying to get him to say "D" the other day by our ADT yard sign, and he now walks up to all numbers and letters he sees and points at them and says "D!"
He points at things constantly. He shows me things and shares them with me. He's very, very connected to his world. He knows he's funny and likes to make people laugh. He has an incredible temper and can quickly move from laughter to screaming when he can't do something or doesn't get his way. I do wish he was talking more. If he isn't talking more at his 18 month checkup, I am going to insist on getting the process going to get him evaluated and started in speech therapy. I don't feel we can afford to wait to "see what happens". I don't think he has autism. He shows no signs of the social deficits of even a high-functioning person with autism. That doesn't mean he won't have a speech delay, though. Perhaps whatever genetic malfunction has caused Ab.by to have her issues will manifest itself in him through a speech delay. I just know that speech therapy can't hurt and might help, so if he's still not speaking by 18 months, we're SO there. He's already delayed, in my opinion, even knowing he's still within the realm of "normal". It'll be okay. I know he'll talk someday. But I'm not sitting back and waiting. I can't.
He's a stinker. He's in to EVERYTHING. He loves to open every drawer and cabinet and spew the contents as far and wide as he can. He is crawling up and down on the chairs and couches, which opens up new worlds he can now reach and continue spewing even more things onto the floor and around the house. He's been hideously sick with a cold and eye infection for the past several days, so he's only been sleeping 20 minutes at a time, all night and during naps. I am exhausted, but he seems to be doing better today so hopefully we're almost through it.
So, that's I.an.
3 comments:
Our 2 boys sound like peas in a pod. Too bad they can't get together and tear the house apart. Drawer stuff strewn everywhere. Yup. So nice to hear your update.
I really like how you've shown all three children. I miss seeing them. They are all so beautiful to look at. LOL. So funny and cute about Ian's bowlegged, pot bellied body. Every inch sounds like a movie set before us to enjoy.
He is so cute. Don't you just love bowlegged pot bellied toddlers? Such a cute age.
Post a Comment