Six months ago, our speech therapist told me that his minor delays were now age appropriate. Six months ago, she said that he no longer had feeding issues. Six months ago, Bubba graduated from speech and feeding therapy. Two weeks ago...we began again.
After our pediatric ENT and pediatrician suggested that Bubba receive ANOTHER speech evaluation, he qualified for speech... AGAIN. I do agree that he needs the therapy, but I don't like that we were told his speech was "age appropriate" only a few months ago. He has many articulation issues, as well as a lack of ability to answer questions that do not have a concrete answer. He also still exhibits feeding difficulty, but Evander and I had come to the conclusion that those issues were just going to be part of life.
This go-round, I requested a specific therapist who is working closely with us. She sends him out with homework and makes him work hard for his end-of-therapy sticker. My hope is that he can finally get the attention he needs.
