New Adventure for Little Man! (Update)

Hello Everyone!  I hope all is well!

I thought that I would just give you a quick follow-up on a post that I had posted a couple of weeks ago about Little Man and his speech.

Yesterday, he had his initial preschool assessment with the county public schools.  His motor skills and knowledge are right on, but like we had been wondering about, his speech is not quite up to par.  He has problems with his R's, W's, and then S blends; however, that is very common for his age group.  The problem is when he tries to formulate phrases and sentences.

He does very well when he states just one or two words at a time; however, when he goes to formulate larger statements and phrases, his words get mumbled and slurred together leaving one to only understand one or two words out of several words.  It is almost like his tongue can't formulate the words quick enough as he makes a statement.  It's like his tongue can't keep up.

So we have to get some paperwork going and then we are off for two more screenings/tests.  In a few weeks he will have a hearing test performed (state required); however, we are almost fairly certain that he doesn't have a hearing problem.  We believe that this all stems to how he learned how to swallow incorrectly as a baby due to painful acid reflux.  He was unable to use his tongue laterally for a bit; and once in a while when he eats, he still chokes occasionally when he chews his food and swallows incorrectly.  In any regards though, a hearing test will be performed regardless.  He will then have a full on speech evaluation with an actual speech therapist, who will formulate a plan of action.

It will most likely be that he will meet with the speech therapist once a week and will have exercises to perform at home for the rest of the week.  This will add another whole element to our schedules, and places to be, and things to do.  Please pray for us as we adjust. 

We are very thankful, however, to have caught this now.  We are blessed to be able to address it while he is young and in his formative years.  This will be a benefit for him!