First Words

We went to the Baltimore City Infants and Toddlers program, where we met with a caseworker who explained what would be done for his evaluation. Then we met with all of the therapists and evaluators at once. We sat in a room while they had him do some simple tasks - stack blocks, finish a simple puzzle, play with a crayon.

Not only did he do well, he was above his age range for nearly everything by at least one to two months with the one exception of speech. His responsive speech is fine (meaning he understands basic direction given to him) its his expressive speech which is lagging. But, strangely enough, today we got his first words. That's right, not singular word - words. His first understandable speech? "Thank you."

It's the one thing we probably say most often to him. When he brings us items, when he is finished with a meal and he lets us know, etc. Also, this week at daycare they have been working on the sign for "thank you", which I think contributed to it. His expressive speech is at a 14-month level, but they expect with a bit of help on our end, that he'll pick up soon. They told us that if he didn't catch up in the next 4 months to come back for another evaluation. But mostly, he was fine.

So that was it. Oh, right, and he'll be moving up to the next room in daycare within a week or two. Kieran will officially be a Spectacular Seal (aka Pre-toddler) at the start of June. Which is funny because Miss Karen, who just started this week, is already sad to know he won't be there for long. Yeah, he's her favorite :-). OK, gotta vacuum, the Mother In Law is coming today. Love to all, blog again soon.