tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438477239290962830.post3818718640523145646..comments2023-03-23T12:55:11.276-05:00Comments on Sweet Apples of Gold: Stupid ArticulationJennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835079187093517851noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438477239290962830.post-3000383948595264392015-05-01T09:12:06.752-05:002015-05-01T09:12:06.752-05:00I feel for you. Our son was speech delayed. I reme...I feel for you. Our son was speech delayed. I remember tears on both sides, and many angry moments, when we would get frustrated trying to get him to speak and he wouldn't. Then we did not know there was a problem (a doctor told me at our son's two year check-up that he was lazy in his speech, despite the fact that he said *maybe* ten one-syllable words); it was just us trying to get our kid to speak and not point and say "da" for everything he wanted. He started speaking more by the time he was three, but he was still next to impossible to understand, and he would get mad or cry when we couldn't understand him. At four, it was finally recognized by his doctor (not the same one who said our son was lazy in his speech) that our son was speech delayed with many articulation issues; later we added frontal tongue thrust and possible Apraxia to the mix. At that time, his younger (by 28 months) brother was easier to understand than him, :\ Fortunately, he can, and does, talk a lot, but unfortunately, if he gets really excited, his articulation is worse and he changes pitches, making it harder to understand. There are still times when it takes him a long time to spit out even a short sentence (like he's foggy brained). It's frustrating still at times, but he is progressing and the tears have lessened. Of course, now younger brother wants to start mumbling and mispronouncing everything and going ballistic when we don't understand him. *sigh*Stacey Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14352989875183758588noreply@blogger.com