tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post1721370653213615859..comments2024-03-12T05:16:28.279-04:00Comments on Our Nest In The City: 26 month speech delayEmily Morricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331780147271948152noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-47982255963590542112013-01-09T20:53:27.409-05:002013-01-09T20:53:27.409-05:00Love the paragraph on hope - thanks Em for the rem...Love the paragraph on hope - thanks Em for the reminder to look to Him and trust Him. Matthew is progressing too with his delay, and we rejoiced in December when Autism was ruled out. Keeping ya'll in our prayers.AshleyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00047665600863162289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-28213950921443178172012-11-08T14:52:14.150-05:002012-11-08T14:52:14.150-05:00honoured to have you reading along Vicky. So happy...honoured to have you reading along Vicky. So happy for your little daughter's progress so far! what a great truth that we Moms need to hear often, eh?Emily Morricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331780147271948152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-18000130150161431122012-11-08T10:16:50.639-05:002012-11-08T10:16:50.639-05:00I have to agree with Vicky. Thank you for the rem...I have to agree with Vicky. Thank you for the reminder about not limiting the joy in my child to her excelling. It is so easy to be focused on this but we has humans do not and cannot excel in everything. I thought my daughter would be walking by now (almost 10 months) and took great pride & joy that she would be early but realized it doesn't matter and there is so much to love about the stage she is in now. Plus even if she walks early she may talk late but in the end that is who she is and who she is is perfect :)Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02275779371739170944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-61189078623278787752012-11-08T07:35:20.766-05:002012-11-08T07:35:20.766-05:00I am going to have to show my mom this post & ...I am going to have to show my mom this post & get her intake on this just to see. She started to schools for kids who had development delays & or that just simply were exceptionally bright in one area but struggled in all the rest. She truly has a special gift & I know she will love reading your post. I also struggled with speech growing up & eventually had to go to speech therapy classes. Which helped me tremendously! Only thing left in my speech is a southern twang to some words, for some odd reason even though the rest of my family doesn't have it. But hey it makes me, me! Just like your little one with improve with whatever helps her & she will have her own little personality and voice and ways with words! Deanne Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06769377139254067114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-43556024140537831452012-11-07T23:00:10.211-05:002012-11-07T23:00:10.211-05:00Hi Emily,
I've been following your blog for a...Hi Emily, <br />I've been following your blog for a couple months now since being forwarded your link by Amanda Lazarski. I just wanted to comment on how this particular post was an encouragement to me, being that we are sort of on the opposite ends of things. Our 2.5 year old daughter was born with a brain abnormality where we weren't sure she would ever meet any milestones. Currently she is excelling in all areas and ahead in a lot of milestones, for which we rejoice and are thankful, though doctors and researchers of her condition are always telling us to wait for the point where she will start to lag behind others. That being said I wanted to thank you for the reminder that "My joy in my kids can't be limited to their excelling or their milestones because those things are so fleeting" - I so appreciate this. Will be praying for Lily and your family. <br />Vicky McPhail Vickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01860128927132013565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-33255836043994423212012-11-07T22:35:42.939-05:002012-11-07T22:35:42.939-05:00Thanks Beth. I LOVE hearing those stories :)Thanks Beth. I LOVE hearing those stories :)Emily Morricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331780147271948152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-73573860636011046302012-11-07T22:30:29.917-05:002012-11-07T22:30:29.917-05:00We had a late talker. Our firstborn son babbled b...We had a late talker. Our firstborn son babbled but did not talk until after his 2nd birthday. One day he said car. He certainly babbled dadada and mamama but he did not use those to refer to either me or his dad. He just babbled. Then, after his second birthday, the words started to come. I worried over it. But I could hear the sounds when he chattered, he understood things, he was very on target otherwise....just no words.<br /><br />Now he is in 11th grade, has an enormous vocabulary, and LOVES to talk to people about the things that interest him. We never did speech therapy but I was certainly concerned as I waited it out. Our daughter, born 2nd, started talking by saying "baby" very clearly. I think she was nine months old. Oh, the craziness of waiting it out as a parent! :) Blessings to you as you search out what is best for her.Beth in the Cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702179612923382436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-4069766060818608952012-11-07T22:20:44.048-05:002012-11-07T22:20:44.048-05:00"Hope isn't meant to be thrown on the bac..."Hope isn't meant to be thrown on the backs of people. Hope was designed for Jesus. He brings it. He provides it. He is hope, incarnate."<br /><br />I love it. <br /><br />Prayers for your Lily - she is right where she is meant to be. Samantha - Little Band of Charactershttp://www.littlebandofcharacters.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-35988145591573953932012-11-07T22:14:52.526-05:002012-11-07T22:14:52.526-05:00just to clarify, she says Dad and has for a long t...just to clarify, she says Dad and has for a long time (Oli does too), but not towards Brad as a word. If I say "say Dada" she often won't or will say dadada (which doesn't count). When I say where is Dada? she'll run to Brad and definitely knows that's his name, but doesn't say it for him. Emily Morricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331780147271948152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-51835099772963207932012-11-07T22:08:30.045-05:002012-11-07T22:08:30.045-05:00Thank you all so much! I love blogging because of ...Thank you all so much! I love blogging because of the community and connections it allows even though many of my readers are from many many hours away - from family, to friends, to strangers. I so appreciate your encouragement and prayers :)Emily Morricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331780147271948152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-91863626043740607622012-11-07T22:07:44.289-05:002012-11-07T22:07:44.289-05:00It would better explain the situation if she were ...It would better explain the situation if she were still tongue tied I think... we had her "tie" snipped because it was prohibiting breastfeeding. Not sure what the speech path will say after a physical exam of her mouth though. Might be!Emily Morricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331780147271948152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-58072313293252998622012-11-07T22:06:59.920-05:002012-11-07T22:06:59.920-05:00some day when you guys have Shakr babies, they wil...some day when you guys have Shakr babies, they will rock leopard.<br />love you both <3Emily Morricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331780147271948152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-63916842879554370852012-11-07T21:57:38.064-05:002012-11-07T21:57:38.064-05:00I grew up with a major speech problem. When I was...I grew up with a major speech problem. When I was old enough for school, they considered putting me in a special needs class as they felt I was not properly able to communicate with the other children. <br /><br />My mom and dad decided against it, and instead I went to weekly speech therapy at the hospital along with having a speech therapist come into the school on a daily basis. <br /><br />Though I still struggle with speech at times (I have a lisp when pronouncing S, TH, F), I am fully able to communicate. I am going to school to become a teacher myself now, so being able to speak is a huge part of my future career. <br /><br />I'm sure it will get better. Make her pronounce her words, rather than just making sounds to get what she wants (a big thing my sister did was did the talking for me, which had to be stopped for me to learn), stay positive and don't let others tell you LIly is unable to do anything. <br /><br />Praying for you guys!Brehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623627346913541511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-90459325227026226892012-11-07T21:13:56.899-05:002012-11-07T21:13:56.899-05:00hi love,
we're so glad to hear about Lily...hi love, <br /><br />we're so glad to hear about Lily's improvement. Sami & i are sitting at a kitchen table rejoicing alongside y'all. <br />Sami said "only lily could pull off those leopard print pants" <br /><br /><br />xoxoxoox<br />abanafro-chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659942419447354150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-42974685605703722182012-11-07T20:33:45.694-05:002012-11-07T20:33:45.694-05:00Emi - an amazing blog...Lilygirl will chat in her ...Emi - an amazing blog...Lilygirl will chat in her own time. She's extremely intelligent (not saying that because I'm her Grandma either) She has an incredible understanding of her surroundings....her extremely loving surroundings. <br />When asked to get something or help with something, she knows exactly what is asked of her. She's a social butterfly!<br /><br />xoxoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-59954450015404837072012-11-07T20:01:49.141-05:002012-11-07T20:01:49.141-05:00so great emily and you have such a wonderful heart...so great emily and you have such a wonderful heart and mind set about everything!! It sounds like lily is doing wonderfully and so glad to hear of her progress! So she says mama but not dada? Go you! Lots of people say Dada comes first...but I think it should be the other way around ...lol!<br /><br />Also - this is random and probably not even related but I remember you saying something about her being tongue-tied when she was born (the only reason I remember is because my niece had the same thing). Do you think that could be related? <br />Brianna Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17656194705358571012noreply@blogger.com